Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā

“Kodha santusito loke, (iccāyasmā tissametteyyo) Kassa no santi iñjitā; Ko ubhantamabhiññāya, Majjhe mantā na lippati; Kaṁ brūsi mahāpurisoti, Ko idha sibbinimaccagā”.

“Who here in the world is content?” said Venerable Tissametteyya. “Who has no perturbations? What thoughtful one, knowing both ends, is not stuck in the middle? Who do they say is a great man? Who here has escaped the seamstress?”

“Kāmesu brahmacariyavā, (metteyyāti bhagavā) Vītataṇho sadā sato; Saṅkhāya nibbuto bhikkhu, Tassa no santi iñjitā.

“Leading the spiritual life among sensual pleasures,” replied the Buddha, “rid of craving, ever mindful; a mendicant who, after appraisal, is quenched: that’s who has no perturbations.

So ubhantamabhiññāya, Majjhe mantā na lippati; Taṁ brūmi mahāpurisoti, So idha sibbinimaccagā”ti. Tissametteyyamāṇavapucchā dutiyā.

That thoughtful one, knowing both ends, is not stuck in the middle. He is a great man, I declare; he has escaped the seamstress here.”