增支部第 4 集（Sujato 英译）第 70 阅读页 · AN4.70 · Unprincipled

Numbered Discourses 4.70Numbered Discourses 4.707. Fitting Deeds7. Fitting Deeds

UnprincipledUnprincipled“At a time when kings are unprincipled, royal officials become unprincipled.“At a time when kings are unprincipled, royal officials become unprincipled.When royal officials are unprincipled, brahmins and householders become unprincipled.When royal officials are unprincipled, brahmins and householders become unprincipled.

When brahmins and householders are unprincipled, the people of town and country become unprincipled.When brahmins and householders are unprincipled, the people of town and country become unprincipled.When the people of town and country are unprincipled, the courses of the moon and sun become erratic.When the people of town and country are unprincipled, the courses of the moon and sun become erratic.… the courses of the stars and constellations …… the courses of the stars and constellations …

the days and nights …the days and nights …the months and fortnights …the months and fortnights …the seasons and years become erratic.the seasons and years become erratic.

… the blowing of the winds becomes erratic and chaotic.… the blowing of the winds becomes erratic and chaotic.… the deities are angered.… the deities are angered.… the heavens don’t provide enough rain.… the heavens don’t provide enough rain.

… the crops ripen erratically.… the crops ripen erratically.When people eat crops that have ripened erratically, they become short-lived, ugly, weak, and sickly.When people eat crops that have ripened erratically, they become short-lived, ugly, weak, and sickly.At a time when kings are principled, royal officials become principled.At a time when kings are principled, royal officials become principled.

… brahmins and householders …… brahmins and householders …people of town and country become principled.people of town and country become principled.When the people of town and country are principled, the courses of the sun and moon become regular.When the people of town and country are principled, the courses of the sun and moon become regular.

… the stars and constellations …… the stars and constellations …the days and nights …the days and nights …the months and fortnights …the months and fortnights …

the seasons and years become regular.the seasons and years become regular.… the blowing of the winds becomes regular and orderly.… the blowing of the winds becomes regular and orderly.… the deities are not angered.… the deities are not angered.

… the heavens provide plenty of rain.… the heavens provide plenty of rain.When the heavens provide plenty of rain, the crops ripen well.When the heavens provide plenty of rain, the crops ripen well.When people eat crops that have ripened well, they become long-lived, beautiful, strong, and healthy.When people eat crops that have ripened well, they become long-lived, beautiful, strong, and healthy.

When cattle cross a river,When cattle cross a river,if the bull goes off course,if the bull goes off course,they all go off course,they all go off course,

because their leader is off course.because their leader is off course.So it is for humans:So it is for humans:when the one deemed chiefwhen the one deemed chief

behaves badly,behaves badly,what do you expect the rest to do?what do you expect the rest to do?The whole country sleeps badly,The whole country sleeps badly,

when the king is unprincipled.when the king is unprincipled.When cattle cross a river,When cattle cross a river,if the bull goes straight,if the bull goes straight,

they all go straight,they all go straight,because their leader is straight.because their leader is straight.So it is for humans:So it is for humans:

when the one deemed chiefwhen the one deemed chiefdoes the right thing,does the right thing,what do you expect the rest to do?what do you expect the rest to do?

The whole country sleeps at ease,The whole country sleeps at ease,when the king is just.”when the king is just.”