Kātiyāna

Get up, Kātiyāna, and sit! Don’t sleep too much, be wakeful. Don’t be lazy and let the kinsman of the negligent, the King of Death, catch you in his trap.

“Uṭṭhehi nisīda kātiyāna, Mā niddābahulo ahu jāgarassu; Mā taṁ alasaṁ pamattabandhu, Kūṭeneva jinātu maccurājā.

Get up, Kātiyāna, and sit! “Uṭṭhehi nisīda kātiyāna, Don’t sleep too much, be wakeful. Mā niddābahulo ahu jāgarassu; Don’t be lazy and let the kinsman of the negligent, Mā taṁ alasaṁ pamattabandhu, the King of Death, catch you in his trap. Kūṭeneva jinātu maccurājā.

Like a wave in the mighty ocean, rebirth and old age sweep you under. Make a safe island of yourself, for you have no other shelter.

Seyyathāpi mahāsamuddavego, *Seyyathāpi → sayathāpi (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed)Evaṁ jātijarātivattate taṁ; So karohi sudīpamattano tvaṁ, Na hi tāṇaṁ tava vijjateva aññaṁ.

Like a wave in the mighty ocean, Seyyathāpi mahāsamuddavego, *Seyyathāpi → sayathāpi (bj, pts1ed, pts2ed)rebirth and old age sweep you under. Evaṁ jātijarātivattate taṁ; Make a safe island of yourself, So karohi sudīpamattano tvaṁ, for you have no other shelter. Na hi tāṇaṁ tava vijjateva aññaṁ.

The teacher has mastered this path, which transcends chains, and the fear of birth and old age. Be diligent in the first and final watches of the night, and dedicate yourself to practice.

Satthā hi vijesi maggametaṁ, Saṅgā jātijarābhayā atītaṁ; Pubbāpararattamappamatto, Anuyuñjassu daḷhaṁ karohi yogaṁ.

The teacher has mastered this path, Satthā hi vijesi maggametaṁ, which transcends chains, and the fear of birth and old age. Saṅgā jātijarābhayā atītaṁ; Be diligent in the first and final watches of the night, Pubbāpararattamappamatto, and dedicate yourself to practice. Anuyuñjassu daḷhaṁ karohi yogaṁ.

Free yourself from your former bonds! Wearing your outer robe, with shaven head, eating almsfood, don’t delight in play or sleep, dedicate yourself to absorption, Kātiyāna.

Purimāni pamuñca bandhanāni, Saṅghāṭikhuramuṇḍabhikkhabhojī; Mā khiḍḍāratiñca mā niddaṁ, Anuyuñjittha jhāya kātiyāna.

Free yourself from your former bonds! Purimāni pamuñca bandhanāni, Wearing your outer robe, with shaven head, eating almsfood, Saṅghāṭikhuramuṇḍabhikkhabhojī; don’t delight in play or sleep, Mā khiḍḍāratiñca mā niddaṁ, dedicate yourself to absorption, Kātiyāna. Anuyuñjittha jhāya kātiyāna.

Meditate and conquer, Kātiyāna, you’re an expert in the path to sanctuary from the yoke. Having arrived at unexcelled purity, you’ll be extinguished as a flame by water.

Jhāyāhi jināhi kātiyāna, Yogakkhemapathesu kovidosi; *kovidosi → … pathe sukovidosi (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)Pappuyya anuttaraṁ visuddhiṁ, Parinibbāhisi vārināva joti.

Meditate and conquer, Kātiyāna, Jhāyāhi jināhi kātiyāna, you’re an expert in the path to sanctuary from the yoke. Yogakkhemapathesu kovidosi; *kovidosi → … pathe sukovidosi (sya1ed, sya2ed, pts1ed)Having arrived at unexcelled purity, Pappuyya anuttaraṁ visuddhiṁ, you’ll be extinguished as a flame by water. Parinibbāhisi vārināva joti.

A lamp of feeble flame is bent down by the wind, like a creeper; just so, kinsman of Indra, shake off MāraMāraLa personificación del mal y la tentación. En los textos tempranos, tratado tanto como una deidad del reino de los sentidos como una metáfora.Ver en el glosario, without grasping. Free of lust for feelings, await your time here, cooled.

Pajjotakaro parittaraṁso, Vātena vinamyate latāva; Evampi tuvaṁ anādiyāno, Māraṁ indasagotta niddhunāhi; So vedayitāsu vītarāgo, Kālaṁ kaṅkha idheva sītibhūto”ti.

A lamp of feeble flame Pajjotakaro parittaraṁso, is bent down by the wind, like a creeper; Vātena vinamyate latāva; just so, kinsman of Indra, Evampi tuvaṁ anādiyāno, shake off Māra, without grasping. Māraṁ indasagotta niddhunāhi; Free of lust for feelings, So vedayitāsu vītarāgo, await your time here, cooled. Kālaṁ kaṅkha idheva sītibhūto”ti.