snp5.9:1.1
“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu,
"Mereka yang telah menjawabku sebelumnya,"
“Those who have previously answered me,”
Pertanyaan Hemaka
“Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu,
"Mereka yang telah menjawabku sebelumnya,"
“Those who have previously answered me,”
(iccāyasmā hemako)
(demikian Yang Mulia Hemaka berkata)
said Venerable Hemaka,
Huraṁ gotamasāsanā;
"sebelum ajaran Gotama,"
“before Gotama’s teaching,
Iccāsi iti bhavissati,
Demikianlah katanya, demikianlah akan terjadi,
said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
Sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ;
Semua itu hanyalah warisan kabar angin;
All that was just the testament of hearsay;
Sabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ,
Semua itu hanya menumbuhkan spekulasi,
all that just fostered speculation:
Nāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ.
Aku tidak menemukan kegembiraan di sana.
I found no delight in that.