<p>I think that <a href="https://suttacentral.net/ud3.4/si/zoysa" rel="noreferrer">https://suttacentral.net/ud3.4/si/zoysa</a> is the Sinhala version of Ud3.4 on suttacentral.</p>
<p>Google Translate translates the last sentence of that into English as follows ...</p>
<blockquote>
<p>නොසෙල් වෙන්නාවූ මනාව පිහිටියාවූ ගල් පර්වතය යම්සේද එසේ මෝහය නැතිකර දැමූ භික්‍ෂුව පර්වතයක් මෙන් කම්පා නොවෙයි.</p>
<p>Like a well-formed rock, the monk who loses his lust does not shake like a rock.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>The Pali says,</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Yathāpi pabbato selo,<br />
acalo suppatiṭṭhito;<br />
Evaṃ mohakkhayā<br />
bhikkhu,<br />
pabbatova na vedhatī”ti.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>... which I think says, &quot;destruction of ignorance&quot; (i.e. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moha_(Buddhism)" rel="noreferrer">Moha</a>) or &quot;delusion&quot; -- not &quot;lust&quot;.</p>

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I'm Sinhala native from Sri Lanka and this is nearly accurate. Like a well-formed rock, the monk who loses his lust does not shake like a rock. Here mohaya means not lust. It's illusion or delusion.
XPD
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ChrisW
<blockquote>
  <p>As a mountain of rock is unwavering, well-settled, so a monk whose
  delusion is ended doesn't quiver — just like a mountain.</p>
  
  <p>ශෛලපර්වතය තෙම යම් සේ අචල ද මොනවට පිහිටියේ වේ ද එපරිද්දෙන් මොහක්ෂය
  හෙතුකොටගෙන පර්වතයක් මෙන් (අචල) වූ මහණ තෙම නො සැලේ.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>This is the correct sinhala translation for the quote that you originally mentioned in your question. I picked that from the second link where you found the sinhala version. Unfortunately, google translation not works for both sides. The above sentences also a little bit different when translating, but the meaning is perfectly correct.</p>

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2020-05-28T17:25:55.220Z
Can we remove the stuff in the parentheses? Because they didn't have parentheses back then.
Lance Pollard
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Yes. we can remove the stuff in parentheses. meaning for අචල is  'not moving' or 'steady'. it is a further explanation for behaviour of rock.
semira
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semira
<p>I am comparing translations to see how the Sinhala would work, and, granted I am using Google Translate on the Sinhala version, I would at least expect it to be generally somewhat reflective of what is being said. But it doesn't say what I am looking for.</p>

<p>I am looking for this quote <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/ud/ud.3.04.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> or <a href="https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/kn/thag/thag.14.01.than.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a>:</p>

<pre><code>As a mountain of rock
is unwavering, well-settled,
so a monk whose delusion is ended
doesn't quiver —
just like a mountain.
</code></pre>

<p>However what I find in the Sinhala version <a href="https://www.thripitakaya.org/tipitakaya/Index/653?s=21249" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> or <a href="https://www.thripitakaya.org/tipitakaya/Index/828?s=22245" rel="nofollow noreferrer">here</a> is this:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>"Just as a gal can stand steady, so the brain will not be a sin in the mind."</p>
</blockquote>

<p>Or</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>The stanza is so immovable that it does not become immovable.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>I am just picking pieces that appear close in the same area of text. Does one know if these translations in Sinhala are accurate? (And that it's just a <em>major</em> Google translate issue). Does that quote exist somewhere in the Sinhala?</p>

<p>I am trying to make do snippets of translation myself and am looking for a good example of interesting quotes. If one could paste the quote in Sinhala that would be amazing.</p>

<p>Or is this just an example of a translator taking "poetic expression" to the extreme, and they just took a general quote like "යම්සේ ගල්පව්වෙක් අචල වැ මොනොවට පිහිටියේ ද, එසේ ම මහණ තෙම මොහය ක්ෂීණ වීමෙන් පව්වක් මෙන් ‍නො සැලේ.", which Google translates as "Even if a galvanist is immobile, the loss of his brain will not be a sin.", and they just made up a poetic metaphor to translate it into English?</p>

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ChrisW is correct. But it's not lust. It's illusion or delusion.
XPD
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Where is this mountain quote in the Sinhala edition?
# Where is this mountain quote in the Sinhala edition?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-05-28)

I am comparing translations to see how the Sinhala would work, and, granted I am using Google Translate on the Sinhala version, I would at least expect it to be generally somewhat reflective of what is being said. But it doesn't say what I am looking for.
I am looking for this quote here or here:
As a mountain of rock
is unwavering, well-settled,
so a monk whose delusion is ended
doesn't quiver —
just like a mountain.

However what I find in the Sinhala version here or here is this:

"Just as a gal can stand steady, so the brain will not be a sin in the mind."

Or

The stanza is so immovable that it does not become immovable.

I am just picking pieces that appear close in the same area of text. Does one know if these translations in Sinhala are accurate? (And that it's just a major Google translate issue). Does that quote exist somewhere in the Sinhala?
I am trying to make do snippets of translation myself and am looking for a good example of interesting quotes. If one could paste the quote in Sinhala that would be amazing.
Or is this just an example of a translator taking "poetic expression" to the extreme, and they just took a general quote like "යම්සේ ගල්පව්වෙක් අචල වැ මොනොවට පිහිටියේ ද, එසේ ම මහණ තෙම මොහය ක්ෂීණ වීමෙන් පව්වක් මෙන් ‍නො සැලේ.", which Google translates as "Even if a galvanist is immobile, the loss of his brain will not be a sin.", and they just made up a poetic metaphor to translate it into English?

**Tags:** tipitaka

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: username_2 is correct. But it's not lust. It's illusion or delusion.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2020-05-28. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

I think that <https://suttacentral.net/ud3.4/si/zoysa> is the Sinhala version of Ud3.4 on suttacentral.

Google Translate translates the last sentence of that into English as follows ...

> නොසෙල් වෙන්නාවූ මනාව පිහිටියාවූ ගල් පර්වතය යම්සේද එසේ මෝහය නැතිකර දැමූ භික්‍ෂුව පර්වතයක් මෙන් කම්පා නොවෙයි.
>
> Like a well-formed rock, the monk who loses his lust does not shake like a rock.

The Pali says,

> Yathāpi pabbato selo,  
> acalo suppatiṭṭhito;  
> Evaṃ mohakkhayā  
> bhikkhu,  
> pabbatova na vedhatī”ti.

... which I think says, "destruction of ignorance" (i.e. [Moha](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moha_(Buddhism))) or "delusion" -- not "lust".

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm Sinhala native from Sri Lanka and this is nearly accurate. Like a well-formed rock, the monk who loses his lust does not shake like a rock. Here mohaya means not lust. It's illusion or delusion.  

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### Answer by username_3 on 2020-05-28. Score: 3

> As a mountain of rock is unwavering, well-settled, so a monk whose
> delusion is ended doesn't quiver — just like a mountain.
>
> ශෛලපර්වතය තෙම යම් සේ අචල ද මොනවට පිහිටියේ වේ ද එපරිද්දෙන් මොහක්ෂය
> හෙතුකොටගෙන පර්වතයක් මෙන් (අචල) වූ මහණ තෙම නො සැලේ.

This is the correct sinhala translation for the quote that you originally mentioned in your question. I picked that from the second link where you found the sinhala version. Unfortunately, google translation not works for both sides. The above sentences also a little bit different when translating, but the meaning is perfectly correct.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Can we remove the stuff in the parentheses? Because they didn't have parentheses back then.  
> **username_3**: Yes. we can remove the stuff in parentheses. meaning for අචල is  'not moving' or 'steady'. it is a further explanation for behaviour of rock.  

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