29. The Four Confidences

Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, Tathāgatassa vesārajjāni,
There are, monastics, these four confidences of a Realised One,

yehi vesārajjehi samannāgato Tathāgato āsabhaṁ ṭhānaṁ paṭijānāti,
endowed with these confidences the Realised One claims the place of the leader,

parisāsu sīhanādaṁ nadati, brahmacakkaṁ pavatteti.
and roars the lion’s roar among the assembly, and sets rolling the supreme wheel.

1. Sammāsambuddhassa te paṭijānato ime dhammā anabhisambuddhā ti:
1. While claiming to be a Perfect Sambuddha these things have not been awakened to:

tatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā, brāhmaṇo vā,
herein, that an ascetic or a brahmin,

devo vā, māro vā, brahmā vā, koci vā lokasmiṁ,
or a god or a māra or a brahmā or anyone in the world,

sahadhammena paṭicodessatī ti,
will reprove me (like this) with truth,

nimittam-etaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi,
with just cause, monastics, this I do not see,

etam-ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto
and not seeing, monastics, this just cause

khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi,
I dwell having attained safety, having attained fearlessness, having attained confidence,

2. khīṇāsavassa te paṭijānato ime āsavā aparikkhīṇā ti:
2. while claiming to be one with pollutants destroyed these pollutants are not destroyed:

tatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā, brāhmaṇo vā,
herein, that an ascetic or a brahmin,

devo vā, māro vā, brahmā vā, koci vā lokasmiṁ,
or a god or a māra or a brahmā or anyone in the world,

sahadhammena paṭicodessatī ti,
will reprove me (like this) with truth,

nimittam-etaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi,
with just cause, monastics, this I do not see,

etam-ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto
and not seeing, monastics, this just cause

khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi,
I dwell having attained safety, having attained fearlessness, having attained confidence,

3. ye kho pana te antarāyikā dhammā vuttā te paṭisevato nālaṁ antarāyāyā ti:
3. those things called obstacles by you are unable to obstruct whoever practises them:

tatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā, brāhmaṇo vā,
herein, that an ascetic or a brahmin,

devo vā, māro vā, brahmā vā, koci vā lokasmiṁ,
or a god or a māra or a brahmā or anyone in the world,

sahadhammena paṭicodessatī ti,
will reprove me (like this) with truth,

nimittam-etaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi,
with just cause, monastics, this I do not see,

etam-ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto
and not seeing, monastics, this just cause

khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi,
I dwell having attained safety, having attained fearlessness, having attained confidence,

4. yassa kho pana te atthāya Dhammo desito,
4. when the Dhamma is taught with meaning to someone,

so na niyyāti takkarassa sammā dukkhakkhayāyā ti:
it does not lead the one who practices it to the complete destruction of suffering:

tatra vata maṁ samaṇo vā, brāhmaṇo vā,
herein, that an ascetic or a brahmin,

devo vā, māro vā, brahmā vā, koci vā lokasmiṁ,
or a god or a māra or a brahmā or anyone in the world,

sahadhammena paṭicodessatī ti,
will reprove me (like this) with truth,

nimittam-etaṁ, bhikkhave, na samanupassāmi,
with just cause, monastics, this I do not see,

etam-ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nimittaṁ asamanupassanto
and not seeing, monastics, this just cause

khemappatto abhayappatto vesārajjappatto viharāmi.
I dwell having attained safety, having attained fearlessness, having attained confidence.

Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri Tathāgatassa vesārajjāni,
There are, monastics, these four confidences of a Realised One,

yehi vesārajjehi samannāgato Tathāgato āsabhaṁ ṭhānaṁ paṭijānāti,
endowed with these confidences the Realised One claims the place of the leader,

parisāsu sīhanādaṁ nadati, brahmacakkaṁ pavattetī ti.
and roars the lion’s roar among the assembly, and sets rolling the supreme wheel.