Musāvādasutta

Itivuttaka 25

So It Was Said 25

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

Tatiyavagga

Chapter Three

Musāvādasutta

Lying

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa, bhikkhave, purisapuggalassa nāhaṁ tassa kiñci pāpakammaṁ akaraṇīyanti vadāmi.

“Mendicants, for an individual person who transgresses in one thing, there is no bad deed they would not do, I say.

Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?

What one thing?

Yadidaṁ, bhikkhave, sampajānamusāvādo”ti.

It is this: telling a deliberate lie.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa,

“When a personage, spurning the hereafter,

musāvādissa jantuno;

transgresses in just one thing—

Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,

lying—

natthi pāpaṁ akāriyan”ti.

there is no evil they would not do.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

Pañcamaṁ.