4: The Book of the Fours
XIX. Brahmins — AN 4.182: Guarantee
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato. (More copyright information)
1“There are four things that no-one can guarantee— not an ascetic, a brahmin, a god, a Māra, a Brahmā, or anyone in the world.
2What four? No-one can guarantee that someone liable to grow old will not grow old.
No-one can guarantee that someone liable to sickness will not get sick.
No-one can guarantee that someone liable to death will not die.
No-one can guarantee that the bad deeds done in past lives—corrupted, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death—will not produce their result.
3These are the four things that no-one can guarantee— not an ascetic, a brahmin, a god, a Māra, a Brahmā, or anyone in the world.”
1"Catunnaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ.
2Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? ‘Jarādhammaṁ mā jīrī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ;
‘byādhidhammaṁ mā byādhiyī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ;
‘maraṇadhammaṁ mā mīyī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ;
‘yāni kho pana tāni pubbe attanā katāni pāpakāni kammāni saṅkilesikāni ponobhavikāni sadarāni dukkhavipākāni āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇikāni, tesaṁ vipāko mā nibbattī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ.
3Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ dhammānaṁ natthi koci pāṭibhogo – samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmin"ti.
Dutiyaṁ.