Thag 5.10 — Yasadatta

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Thag 5:10 Yasadatta

Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.

    He’s as far from the True Dhamma
    as the ground is from the sky.

Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.

    He wanes from the True Dhamma
    like the moon in the dark half of the month.

Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.

    He dries up in the True Dhamma
    like a fish in next to no water.

Intent on quibbling,
the dullard hears the Conqueror’s teaching.

    He doesn’t grow in the True Dhamma,
    like a rotten seed in a field.

But whoever hears the Conqueror’s teaching
    with guarded1 intent,
    doing away with effluents
        —all—
    realizing the unshakable,
    attaining the foremost peace,
        —effluent-free—
totally unbinds.

Note

1. Reading guttena with the Thai edition. Other editions have tuṭṭhena, “contented.”