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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 347:

ye 谤腻驳补谤补迟迟腻'nupatanti 蝉辞迟补峁� 蝉补测补峁� 办补迟补峁� 尘补办办补峁璦办辞'va 箩腻濒补峁� |
etam'pi 肠丑别迟惫腻苍补 vajanti 诲丑墨谤腻 anapekkhino sabbadukkha峁� 辫补丑腻测补 || 347 ||

347. Ensnared in passion back they fall as spider on a self-spun web. This passion severed, wander the wise forsaking dukkha all.

The wise cast away all dukkha, severing their lustful ties like a spider caught in its own web.

The Story of Theri 碍丑别尘腻

While residing at the Veluvana monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse with reference to Queen 碍丑别尘腻.

Queen 碍丑别尘腻 was the chief queen of King 叠颈尘产颈蝉腻谤补. She was very beautiful and also very proud. The king wanted her to go to the Veluvana Monastery and pay homage to the Buddha. But she had heard that the Buddha always talked disparagingly about beauty and she therefore tried to avoid seeing the Buddha. The king understood her attitude towards the Buddha; he also knew how proud she was of her beauty. So the king ordered his minstrels to sing in praise of the Veluvana monastery, about its pleasant and peaceful atmosphere, etc. Hearing them, Queen 碍丑别尘腻 became interested and decided to set out for the Veluvana Monastery.

When Queen 碍丑别尘腻 arrived at the monastery, the Buddha was expounding the Dhamma to an audience. By his supernormal power, the Buddha made a very beautiful young lady appear, sitting not far from him, and fanning him. When Queen 碍丑别尘腻 came to the audience hall, she alone saw the beautiful young lady. Comparing the exquisite beauty of the young lady to that of her own, 碍丑别尘腻 realized that her beauty was much inferior to that of the young lady. As she looked again at the young lady her beauty began to fade gradually. In the end, she saw before her eyes an old decrepit being, which again changed into a corpse, her stinking body being attacked by maggots. At that instant, Queen 碍丑别尘腻 realized the impermanence and worthlessness of beauty.

The Buddha knowing the state of her mind remarked, 鈥淥鈥� 碍丑别尘腻! Look carefully at this decaying body which is built around a skeleton of bones and is subject to disease and decay. Look carefully at the body which is thought of so highly by the foolish. Look at the worthlessness of the beauty of this young girl.鈥� After hearing this, Queen 碍丑别尘腻 attained 蝉辞迟腻辫补迟迟颈 fruition.

At the end of the discourse, Queen 碍丑别尘腻 attained arahatship and was admitted to the Sangha and became the chief female disciple of the Buddha.

Explanatory Translation (Verse 347)

谤腻驳补谤补迟迟腻 ye 蝉补测补峁� 办补迟补峁� 箩腻濒补峁� 尘补办办补峁璦办辞 iva 蝉辞迟补峁� patanti 诲丑墨谤腻
eta峁� api 肠丑别迟惫腻苍补 anapekkhino sabbadukkha峁� 辫补丑腻测补 vajanti

谤腻驳补谤补迟迟腻: in the heat of passion; ye: they; 蝉补测补峁� 办补迟补峁� [kata]: made by one鈥檚 own self; 箩腻濒补峁� [箩腻濒补]: web; 尘补办办补峁璦办辞 iva: like the spider; 蝉辞迟补峁� [sota]: (into) the stream (of craving); patanti: fall; 诲丑墨谤腻: wise ones; eta峁� api: even this; 肠丑别迟惫腻苍补: having cut off; anapekkhino [anapekkhina]: with no yearning (for sensual pleasures); sabbadukkha峁� 辫补丑腻测补: overcoming all suffering; vajanti: enter 狈颈产产腻苍补

Beings who are infatuated with lust fall back into the stream of craving they have generated, just as a spider does in the web it has spun. The wise, cutting off the bond of craving, walk on resolutely, leaving all ills (dukkha) behind.

Commentary and exegetical material (Verse 347)

尘补办办补峁璦办辞 va 箩腻濒补峁�: like the spider鈥檚 web, made by itself. The spider follows the various streams (threads) of the web to capture its victims.

anupatanti 蝉辞迟补峁�: Those in the heat of passion, too, follow their selfmade streams of sensual pleasures and fall into these streams.