《南傳法句經》第12偈

故事為鄙人摘譯自 K. Sri Dhammananda 長老主編的英文版 The Dhammapada，添枝減葉若干。

　　《法句經》第12偈的故事與第11偈相同。

［巴利原文與英譯取自 Nārada 長老編譯的 The Dhammapada］

012 Right Perception Leads to the Realization of Truth

Sārañ ca sārato ñatvā

Asārañ ca asārato

Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti

Sammāsaṅkappagocarā

What is essential they regard as essential, what is unessential they regard as unessential, - they who entertain (such) right thoughts realize the essence.

［中譯取自法增比丘的《南傳法句經新譯》］

執正以為正，亦知邪為邪*，

執持正見者，彼能見真諦。

*貪欲 Kāma；瞋恚 vyāpāda；害 vihiṃsā。

NOTES　

註釋主要依據: A Dictionary of the Pali Language, by R. C. Childers;

Pali-English Dictionary, by T. W. Rhys Davids and W. Stede

Sāra: (m) essence, substance, real truth, strength, core                  (adj) most excellent, genuine, perfect, essential

Sārato: abl. of sāra

Asāra: worthless, unessential

Jānāti: to know, gain knowledge of; to comprehend, perceive; to ascertain; to recognize; to be intelligent    ger. ñatvā

Adhigacchati: to enter upon, reach, attain

Te sāraṃ adhigacchanti: They arrive at the truth.

Sammā: (indecl) fully, thoroughly, accurately, rightly, properly, really, truly

Saṅkappa: (m) thought, imagination, determination, resolve

Gocara: (m) pasture, food; abode, sphere; an object of sense, as form, sound

(metaphor) Gocara is that whereby anything is limited, wherein it abides, lives, moves, or upon which it operates, its sphere, domain, range, function, object, attributes. E.g. form is the gocara of the eye, ideas the gocara of the mind, etc.

Sammā saṅkappagocarā: they entertain right thoughts, lit. right thoughts are their sphere