Rouse Yourself, Sit Down!
Sutta Nipāta 2.10
Rouse yourself, sit down!
What benefit is there for you in sleep?
What sleep is there for those hurting,
afflicted, pierced by an arrow?
Rouse yourself, sit down!
train hard for peace;
don’t let the king of death, seeing you heedless,
take you under his control.
The desiring by which
devas and humans remain, tied (to existence) —
cross over this very entanglement / attachment.
Do not let this opportunity pass you by.
For those for whom the opportunity has passed
lament, ending up in no good fortune.
Heedlessness is dust, dust is heedlessness,
dust follows on from heedlessness;
With heedfulness, through wisdom,
you can pull out the dart from yourself.
— C.R. Nunamaker
Sutta Nipāta 2.10
Uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha,
ko attho supitena vo;
Āturānañhi kā niddā,
sallaviddhāna ruppataṁ.
Uṭṭhahatha nisīdatha,
Daḷhaṁ sikkhatha santiyā;
Mā vo pamatte viññāya,
Maccurājā amohayittha vasānuge.
Yāya devā manussā ca,
sitā tiṭṭhanti atthikā;
Tarathetaṁ visattikaṁ.
Khaṇo vo mā upaccagā.
Khaṇātītā hi socanti,
nirayamhi samappitā.
Pamādo rajo pamādo,
Pamādānupatito rajo;
Appamādena vijjāya,
Abbahe sallamattanoti.