Synopsis |
gītassara-suttaṃ (AN 5.209) |
AN 5.209 Intonation |
♦ 209. “pañc'-ime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā |
“[there are] five-(of)-these, *********, dangers |
āyatakena gītas-sarena |
(in) drawn-out song-like-intonation |
dhammaṃ bhaṇantassa. |
(for) dhamma reciting. |
katame pañca? |
What five? |
attanāpi tasmiṃ sare sārajjati, |
(1) One-self, (with) one's intonation (becomes) infatuated. |
parepi tasmiṃ sare sārajjanti, |
(2) Others, (with) one's intonation (becomes) infatuated. |
gahapatikāpi uj-jhāyanti — |
(3) Householders complain: |
‘yatheva mayaṃ gāyāma, |
‘Just as we sing, |
evamevaṃ kho samaṇā sakya-puttiyā gāyantī’ti, |
so, too, these ascetics (of the) Sakyans’-son sing.’ |
sara-kuttimpi ni-kāma-yamānassa |
(4) intonation-refining (for) one-desiring (that), |
samādhissa bhaṅgo hoti, |
(their) concentration breaking-up happens. |
pacchimā janatā diṭṭhānugatiṃ āpajjati. |
(5) [Those in] the next generation follow one’s example. |
ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā |
These indeed, monks, (are the) five dangers |
āyatakena gītas-sarena |
(in) drawn-out song-like-intonation |
dhammaṃ bhaṇantassā”ti. |
(for) dhamma reciting.” |
navamaṃ. |
(end of sutta) (derived from b.bodhi trans.) |