Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.59
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 1.59
6. Jarāvagga
6. Old Age
Dutiyasutta
A Partner Partner
“Kiṁsu dutiyā purisassa hoti,
“What is a person’s partner?
“What is a person’s partner?
Kiṁsu cenaṁ pasāsati;
What instructs them?
What is it that instructs him?
Kissa cābhirato macco,
Enjoying what is a mortal
Taking delight in what is a mortal
Sabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.
released from all suffering?”
Released from all suffering?”
“Saddhā dutiyā purisassa hoti,
“Faith is a person’s partner.
“Faith is a person’s partner,
Paññā cenaṁ pasāsati;
Wisdom instructs them.
And wisdom is what instructs him.
Nibbānābhirato macco,
Delighting in extinguishment a mortal
Taking delight in Nibbāna, a mortal
Sabbadukkhā pamuccatī”ti.
is released from all suffering.”
Is released from all suffering. ”