Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

2.1.14 Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve - And One Who Lives a Hundred Years

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
dussīlo asamāhito;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
sīlavantassa jhāyino.

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
duppañño asamāhito;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
paññavantassa jhāyino.

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
kusīto hīnavīriyo;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
vīriyamārabhato daḷhaṃ.

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
apassaṃ udayabbayaṃ;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
passato udayabbayaṃ.

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
apassaṃ amataṃ padaṃ;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
passato amataṃ padaṃ.

Yo ca vassasataṃ jīve,
apassaṃ dhammamuttamaṃ;
Ekāhaṃ jīvitaṃ seyyo,
passato dhammamuttamaṃ.

Sahassavaggo, Dhammapadapāḷi, Khuddakanikāye


Vocabulary
  1. apassaṃ - [a + passaṃ] not + seeing
  2. asamāhito - [a + samāhito] not + tranquil; attentive; concentrated
  3. duppañño - [du + p + pañño] bad, weak + wisdom
  4. dussīlo - [du + s + sīlo] bad, weak + morality
  5. ekāhaṃ - [eka + ahaṃ] one + day
  6. hīnavīriyo - [hīna + vīriyo] lacking, low + energy
  7. jhāyino - someone dedicated to meditation
  8. kusīto - slothful, indolent
  9. paññavantassa - [pañña + vanta (gen)] wisdom + keeping up
  10. sīlavantassa - [sīla + vanta (gen)] morality + keeping up
  11. udayabbayaṃ - udaya + b + bayaṃ
  12. vanta - [vamati (pp)] vomit, discharge, eject; fig. leaving behind
  13. vassasataṃ - [vassa + sataṃ] year, rainy season + hundred
  14. vīriyamārabhato - [vīriyam + ārabhato] energy + putting forth, undertaking, exerting

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