Exploring the Path: Pali

Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa

1.4.5 Araññasuttaṃ - Serene Dwelling in the Forest

Sāvatthinidānaṃ. Ekamantaṃ ṭhitā kho sā devatā bhagavantaṃ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi–

“Araññe viharantānaṃ, santānaṃ brahmacārinaṃ;
ekabhattaṃ bhuñjamānānaṃ, kena vaṇṇo pasīdatī”ti.
“Atītaṃ nānusocanti, nappajappanti nāgataṃ;
paccuppannena yāpenti, tena vaṇṇo pasīdati.
Anāgatappajappāya, atītassānusocanā;
etena bālā sussanti, naḷova harito luto”ti.

Naḷavaggo, Devatāsaṃyuttaṃ, Sagāthāvaggo, Saṃyuttanikāyo

Vocabulary

anāgatappajappāya - [anāgata + p + pajappāya] future + longing for
atītaṃ - [atītaṃ] lit.: not standing: past
atītassānusocanā - [atīta + assa + ānu + socanā] of past + lamenting, worrying
bālā - fools
bhuñjamānānaṃ - [bhuñjati (p.p./gen.pl.)] by eating, enjoying
ekabhattaṃ - [eka + bhattaṃ] one + meal
gāthāya - by verses
harito - green
luto - [lampati (p.p.)] cut off, broken
nāgataṃ - [na+ āgataṃ] lit. not yet come: future
nānusocanti - [na + anusocanti] not + they wail, moan
naḷova - [naḷa + eva] reed + like
nappajappanti - [na + p + pajappati] not + prattle, crave, long for
paccuppannena - [paṭi + uppajjati (p.p./instr.)] lit. what has just arisen: present
santānaṃ - of saints
sussanti - they wither away
yāpenti - [yāti (caus.): yāpeti] they live on