Saṁyutta Nikāya 1.63
Translators: sujato and bodhi
Linked Discourses 1.63
7. Addhavagga
7. Oppressed
Taṇhāsutta
Craving Craving
“Kenassu nīyati loko,
“What leads the world on?
“By what is the world led around?
kenassu parikassati;
What drags it around?
By what is it dragged here and there?
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
What is the one thing
What is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway?”
All under its control?”
“Taṇhāya nīyati loko,
“Craving leads the world on.
“The world is led around by craving;
taṇhāya parikassati;
Craving drags it around.
By craving it‘s dragged here and there.
Taṇhāya ekadhammassa,
Craving is the one thing
Craving is the one thing that has
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.
that has everything under its sway.”
All under its control.