Reply To: Meaning of phrase “Sabbeputtanjhana umattaka”

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Lal
Keymaster

If the verse is in the Tipitaka it should be, “sabbe pothujjanā ummattakā” meaning, “all average humans are engaged in useless activities like those who are insane”.

I have heard bhikkhus reciting that verse but I cannot find a sutta with that verse.

Sabbe = all; pothujjanā = average humans who have not attained at least the Sotapanna Anugami level
ummattakā = insane/mad (meaning “engaged in unfruitful activities”)

The verse, “..kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyogo hīno gammo pothujjaniko anariyo anatthasaṁhito..” is in the Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (SN 56.11).