1:1 The Snake

1 When anger surges, they drive it out,
as with medicine a snake’s spreading venom.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

2 They’ve cut off greed entirely,
like a lotus plucked flower and stalk.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

3 They’ve cut off craving entirely,
drying up that swift-flowing stream.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

4 They’ve swept away conceit entirely,
as a fragile bridge of reeds by a great flood.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

5 In future lives they find no substance,
as an inspector of fig trees finds no flower.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

6 They hide no anger within,
gone beyond any kind of existence.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

7 Their mental vibrations are cleared away,
internally clipped off entirely.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

8 They have not run too far nor run back,
but have gone beyond all this proliferation.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

9 They have not run too far nor run back,
for they know that nothing in the world is what it seems.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

10 They have not run too far nor run back,
knowing nothing is what it seems, free of greed.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

11 They have not run too far nor run back,
knowing nothing is what it seems, free of lust.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

12 They have not run too far nor run back,
knowing nothing is what it seems, free of hate.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

13 They have not run too far nor run back,
knowing nothing is what it seems, free of delusion.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

14 They have no underlying tendencies at all,
and are rid of unskillful roots,
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

15 They have nothing born of distress at all,
that might cause them to come back to this near shore.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

16 They have nothing born of entanglement at all,
that would shackle them to a new life.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

17 They’ve given up the five hindrances,
untroubled, rid of doubt, free of thorns.
Such a mendicant sheds the near shore and the far,
as a serpent its old worn-out skin.

Uragasutta

1Yo uppatitaṁ vineti kodhaṁ,
Visaṭaṁ sappavisaṁva osadhehi;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

2Yo rāgamudacchidā asesaṁ,
Bhisapupphaṁva saroruhaṁ vigayha;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

3Yo taṇhamudacchidā asesaṁ,
Saritaṁ sīghasaraṁ visosayitvā;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

4Yo mānamudabbadhī asesaṁ,
Naḷasetuṁva sudubbalaṁ mahogho;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

5Yo nājjhagamā bhavesu sāraṁ,
Vicinaṁ pupphamivā udumbaresu;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

6Yassantarato na santi kopā,
Itibhavābhavatañca vītivatto;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

7Yassa vitakkā vidhūpitā,
Ajjhattaṁ suvikappitā asesā;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

8Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ accagamā imaṁ papañcaṁ;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

9Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ vitathamidanti ñatva loke;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

10Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītalobho;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

11Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītarāgo;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

12Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītadoso;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

13Yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
Sabbaṁ vitathamidanti vītamoho;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

14Yassānusayā na santi keci,
Mūlā ca akusalā samūhatāse;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

15Yassa darathajā na santi keci,
Oraṁ āgamanāya paccayāse;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

16Yassa vanathajā na santi keci,
Vinibandhāya bhavāya hetukappā;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇaṁ.

17Yo nīvaraṇe pahāya pañca,
Anigho tiṇṇakathaṅkatho visallo;
So bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṁ,
Urago jiṇṇamivattacaṁ purāṇanti.

Uragasuttaṁ paṭhamaṁ.