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Verses of the Senior Monks 123 थेरगाथा 123

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Valliyattheragāthā

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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1. 1

   थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 2।3

   Theragāthā 2.3

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.3

2. 2

   दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Dukanipāta

   The Book of the Twos

3. 3

   पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

   Paṭhamavagga

   Chapter One

4. 4

   वल्लियत्थेरगाथाval·li·yat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Valliyattheragāthā

   Valliya (2nd)

5. 5

   “मक्कटोmak·ka·ṭo पञ्चद्वारायं,pañ·cad·vā·rā·yaṃ

   “Makkaṭo pañcadvārāyaṁ,

   A monkey went up to the little hut

6. 6

   कुटिकायंku·ṭi·kā·yaṃ पसक्किय;pa·sak·ki·ya

   kuṭikāyaṁ pasakkiya;

   with five doors.

7. 7

   द्वारेनdvā·re·na अनुपरियेति,a·nu·pa·ri·ye·ti

   Dvārena anupariyeti,

   He circles around, knocking

8. 8

   घट्टयन्तोghaṭ·ṭa·yan·to मुहुंmu·huṃ मुहुं।mu·huṃ

   ghaṭṭayanto muhuṁ muhuṁ.

   on each door, again and again.

9. 9

   तिट्ठtiṭ·ṭha मक्कटmak·ka·ṭa माmā धावि,dhā·vi

   Tiṭṭha makkaṭa mā dhāvi,

   Stand still monkey, don’t run!

10. 10

    नna हिhi तेte तंtaṃ यथाya·thā पुरे;pu·re

    na hi te taṁ yathā pure;

    Things are different now;

11. 11

    निग्गहीतोसिnig·ga·hī·to·si पञ्ञाय,pañ·ñā·ya

    Niggahītosi paññāya,

    you’ve been caught by wisdom—

12. 12

    नेवne·va दूरंdū·raṃ गमिस्सती”ति।ga·mis·sa·tī

    neva dūraṁ gamissatī”ti.

    you won’t go far.

13. 13

    … वल्लियोval·li·yo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Valliyo thero ….

    (Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.