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290. If by sacrificing a limited pleasure
An extensive pleasure one would see,
Let the wise one beholding extensive pleasure,
A limited pleasure forsake.
291. Who wishes his own pleasure,
By imposing misery on others,
Who is contaminated by the contact of hate,
He is not released from hate.
292. What is to be done, that is rejected.
And what is not to be done, is done.
Of those who are vain, heedless,
The intoxicants increase.
293. But those who have well undertaken,
Constantly, mindfulness with regard to body,
Persevering in what is to be done,
They do not resort to what is not to be done.
Of those mindful, attentive ones,
The intoxicants come to an end.
294. Having slain mother and father
And two khattiya kings,
Having slain a kingdom together with the subordinate,
Without trembling, the brahmana goes.
295. Having slain mother and father
And two learned kings
Having slain the tiger’s domain, as fifth,
Without trembling, the brahmana goes.
296. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
Constantly there is mindfulness on the Buddha.
297. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
Constantly there is mindfulness on Dhamma.
298. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
Constantly there is mindfulness on the Sangha.
299. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
Constantly there is mindfulness on the body.
300. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
The mind delights in harmlessness.
301. Well awake they arise, at all times,
The disciples of Gotama,
In whom, both day and night,
The mind delights in meditation.
302. Difficult it is to go forth, difficult to delight therein;
Difficult to live in are households – a suffering.
Suffering it is to live with uneven ones;
And travellers are trapped in suffering.
So, be not a traveller.
And be not trapped in suffering.
303. The faithful one, endowed with virtue,
Possessed of fame and wealth,
To whatever region he resorts,
There, indeed, he is worshipped.
304. From afar the good ones are visible,
Like the snowy mountain.
The bad ones here are not seen,
Like arrows shot in the night.
305. Sitting alone, resting alone,
Walking alone, unwearied,
The one alone, who controls oneself,
Would be delighted in the forest.