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The Utopia and the Utopian
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chinnam sara bhomam antalikkham
suminam lakkhana-danda-vatthu-vijjam
anga-viyaram sarassa vijjam
je vijjahi na jivai, sa bhikkhu. The rent (in garment), tones, (portents) earthly and
celestial, Dreams, science of signs, staffs and building-sites, Defects physical and the science of cries,
Who lives not on science such, he is indeed the ideal monk.
mantam (mulam) viviham ca vejja-cintam,
vamana-vireyana-dhumanetta-sinanam aura-saranam tigicchiyam ca,
tam parinnaya parivvae, sa bhikkhu. Charms strange and doctor's prescriptions,
Emetics, purgatives, fumigation, and bathing, The patient's asylum and treatment medical, Eschewing, who renounces, he is indeed the ideal monk.
khattiya-gana ugga rayaputta
mahna bhoiya viviha-sippino ya, no tesi vae siloga-puyam;
tam parinnaya parivvae, sa bhikkhu.
Ksatriyas, guilds, ugras, princes,
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Mahanas, Bhogas, and artisans of all sorts; Who praises not, nor honours,
And avoiding them, renounces, he is indeed the ideal monk.
gihino je pavvaiena dittha
appavaiena va samthuya havejja,
tesim ihaloiya-pphal'attha
[jo] samthava na karei <Je>, sa bhikkhu. The householders whom, after renouncing, he met, Or, ere renunciation, was acquainted with;
With them, who, for gains earthly,
Cultivates not acquaintance, he is indeed the ideal
monk.
