(OPRC) Lesson 22 (October 26, 2023) | Tirokuḍḍa Sutta (Outside the Walls) 10-11 | Bhante Dr. G. Chandima

10. Adāsi me akāsi me, 

Thinking “He gave to me, he did for me,

ñāti mittā sakhā ca me;
they were my family, friend, companion”,

Petānaṁ dakkhiṇaṁ dajjā,
give offerings to the departed.

 
pubbe katamanussaraṁ.

remembering what they have done before.

                                                  

11. Na hi ruṇṇaṁ vā soko vā,

For no tears, or grief,

yā caññā paridevanā;

or any other lamentations,

Na taṁ petānamatthāya,

are of any use to the departed,

evaṁ tiṭṭhanti ñātayo.

as long as their relatives continue grieving in this way.