Pāṭaligāmiyavaggo
8-3: Tatiyanibbānasuttaṁ (73)
The Third Discourse about Nibbāna
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
in Jeta's Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena Bhagavā bhikkhū Nibbānapaṭisaṁyuttāya
o Then at that time the Gracious One was instructing, rousing, enthusing, and cheering
Dhammiyā kathāya sandasseti samādapeti samuttejeti sampahaṁseti.
the monks with a Dhamma talk connected with Emancipation.
Te ca bhikkhū aṭṭhī katvā, manasikatvā,
Those monks, after making it their goal, applying their minds,
sabbaṁ cetaso samannāharitvā, ohitasotā dhammaṁ suṇanti.
considering it with all their mind, were listening to Dhamma with an attentive ear.
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Atthi bhikkhave ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ akataṁ asaṅkhataṁ.
“There is, monks, an unborn, unbecome, unmade, unconditioned.
No ce taṁ bhikkhave abhavissā ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ
If, monks there were not that unborn, unbecome,
akataṁ asaṅkhataṁ, na-y-idha jātassa bhūtassa
o unmade, unconditioned, you could not know an escape here
katassa saṅkhatassa The genitive here is being used in the sense of the ablative, which is the more logical construction.01 nissaraṇaṁ paññāyetha.
from the born, become, made, and conditioned.
Yasmā ca kho bhikkhave atthi ajātaṁ abhūtaṁ
But because there is an unborn, unbecome,
akataṁ asaṅkhataṁ, tasmā jātassa bhūtassa
o unmade, unconditioned, therefore you do know an escape
katassa saṅkhatassa nissaraṇaṁ paññāyatī” ti. Udānavarga (Nirvāṇavarga, 26-21):
Ajāte sati jātasya vaden niḥsaraṇaṁ sadā.
Asaṁskṛtaṁ ca saṁpaśyaṁ saṁskṛtāt parimucyate.
(Because) there is an unborn, there is always an escape from the born, I say.
Seeing the unconditioned he is freed from the conditioned. 02
from the born, become, made, and conditioned.”