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title: "Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga"
author: "The Buddha"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 7 of 31
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/7/
cite: "The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga, section 7. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/7/"
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# Linked Discourses I: With Verses · Saṁyutta Nikāya · Sagāthāvagga

*The Buddha, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

The first book of the Linked Discourses: dialogues in verse with gods, Māra, nuns, brahmins and kings.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 7. Overcome · SN 1.61–1.70

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-samyutta-nikaya-1/7/#p-N

[¶0] SN 1.61 · Name

> Pali: SN 1.61 · Nāmasutta

[¶1] “What overcomes everything?
What is it that nothing excels?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”

> Pali: “Kiṁsu sabbaṁ addhabhavi,
kismā bhiyyo na vijjati;
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶2] “Name overcomes everything.
Nothing excels name.
Name is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”

> Pali: “Nāmaṁ sabbaṁ addhabhavi,
nāmā bhiyyo na vijjati;
Nāmassa ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶3] SN 1.62 · Mind

> Pali: SN 1.62 · Cittasutta

[¶4] “What leads the world on?
What drags it around?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”

> Pali: “Kenassu nīyati loko,
kenassu parikassati;
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶5] “The mind leads the world on.
The mind drags it around.
Mind is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”

> Pali: “Cittena nīyati loko,
cittena parikassati;
Cittassa ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶6] SN 1.63 · Craving

> Pali: SN 1.63 · Taṇhāsutta

[¶7] “What leads the world on?
What drags it around?
What is the one thing
that has everything under its sway?”

> Pali: “Kenassu nīyati loko,
kenassu parikassati;
Kissassu ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶8] “Craving leads the world on.
Craving drags it around.
Craving is the one thing
that has everything under its sway.”

> Pali: “Taṇhāya nīyati loko,
taṇhāya parikassati;
Taṇhāya ekadhammassa,
sabbeva vasamanvagū”ti.

[¶9] SN 1.64 · Fetter

> Pali: SN 1.64 · Saṁyojanasutta

[¶10] “What fetters the world?
How does it travel about?
With the giving up of what
is extinguishment spoken of?”

> Pali: “Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassu vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.

[¶11] “Delight fetters the world.
It travels about by means of thought.
With the giving up of craving
extinguishment is spoken of.”

> Pali: “Nandīsaṁyojano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.

[¶12] SN 1.65 · Bonds

> Pali: SN 1.65 · Bandhanasutta

[¶13] “What binds the world?
How does it travel about?
With the giving up of what
are all bonds severed?”

> Pali: “Kiṁsu sambandhano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.

[¶14] “Delight binds the world.
It travels about by means of thought.
With the giving up of craving
all bonds are severed.”

> Pali: “Nandīsambandhano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.

[¶15] SN 1.66 · Beaten Down

> Pali: SN 1.66 · Attahatasutta

[¶16] “By what is the world beaten down?
By what is it surrounded?
What dart has laid it low?
With what is it always fuming?”

> Pali: “Kenassubbhāhato loko,
kenassu parivārito;
Kena sallena otiṇṇo,
kissa dhūpāyito sadā”ti.

[¶17] “The world is beaten down by death.
It’s surrounded by old age.
The dart of craving has laid it low.
It’s always fuming with desire.”

> Pali: “Maccunābbhāhato loko,
jarāya parivārito;
Taṇhāsallena otiṇṇo,
icchādhūpāyito sadā”ti.

[¶18] SN 1.67 · Ensnared

> Pali: SN 1.67 · Uḍḍitasutta

[¶19] “By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it surrounded?
By what is the world fastened shut?
On what is the world grounded?”

> Pali: “Kenassu uḍḍito loko,
kenassu parivārito;
Kenassu pihito loko,
kismiṁ loko patiṭṭhito”ti.

[¶20] “Craving has ensnared the world.
It’s surrounded by old age.
The world is fastened shut by mortality.
The world is grounded on suffering.”

> Pali: “Taṇhāya uḍḍito loko,
jarāya parivārito;
Maccunā pihito loko,
dukkhe loko patiṭṭhito”ti.

[¶21] SN 1.68 · Fastened Shut

> Pali: SN 1.68 · Pihitasutta

[¶22] “By what is the world fastened shut?
On what is the world grounded?
By what is the world ensnared?
By what is it surrounded?”

> Pali: “Kenassu pihito loko,
kismiṁ loko patiṭṭhito;
Kenassu uḍḍito loko,
kenassu parivārito”ti.

[¶23] “The world is fastened shut by mortality.
The world is grounded on suffering.
Craving has ensnared the world.
It’s surrounded by old age.”

> Pali: “Maccunā pihito loko,
dukkhe loko patiṭṭhito;
Taṇhāya uḍḍito loko,
jarāya parivārito”ti.

[¶24] SN 1.69 · Desire

> Pali: SN 1.69 · Icchāsutta

[¶25] “What is it that binds the world?
By removing what is it freed?
With the giving up of what
are all bonds severed?”

> Pali: “Kenassu bajjhatī loko,
kissa vinayāya muccati;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.

[¶26] “Desire is what binds the world.
By the removing of desire it’s freed.
With the giving up of desire,
all bonds are severed.”

> Pali: “Icchāya bajjhatī loko,
icchāvinayāya muccati;
Icchāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.

[¶27] SN 1.70 · The World

> Pali: SN 1.70 · Lokasutta

[¶28] “In what has the world arisen?
With what does it get intimate?
By grasping what
is the world troubled in what?”

> Pali: “Kismiṁ loko samuppanno,
kismiṁ kubbati santhavaṁ;
Kissa loko upādāya,
kismiṁ loko vihaññatī”ti.

[¶29] “The world has arisen in six.
It gets intimate with six.
Derived from the six,
the world’s troubled in six.”

> Pali: “Chasu loko samuppanno,
chasu kubbati santhavaṁ;
Channameva upādāya,
chasu loko vihaññatī”ti.

[¶30] > Pali: Addhavaggo sattamo.

[¶31] > Pali: Tassuddānaṁ

[¶32] > Pali: Nāmaṁ cittañca taṇhā ca,
saṁyojanañca bandhanā;
Abbhāhatuḍḍito pihito,
icchā lokena te dasāti.