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Verses of the Senior Monks 136 थेरगाथा 136

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Mahākāḷattheragāthā

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।16

   Theragāthā 2.16

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.16

2. 2

   दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Dukanipāta

   The Book of the Twos

3. 3

   दुतियवग्गdu·ti·ya·vag·ga

   Dutiyavagga

   Chapter Two

4. 4

   महाकाळत्थेरगाथाma·hā·kā·ḷat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Mahākāḷattheragāthā

   Mahākāḷa

5. 5

   “काळीkā·ḷī इत्थीit·thī ब्रहतीbra·ha·tī धङ्करूपा,dhaṅ·ka·rū·pā

   “Kāḷī itthī brahatī dhaṅkarūpā,

   There’s a big black woman who looks like a crow.

6. 6

   सत्थिञ्चsat·thiñ·ca भेत्वाbhet·vā अपरञ्चa·pa·rañ·ca सत्थिं;sat·thiṃ

   Satthiñca bhetvā aparañca satthiṁ;

   She broke off thigh-bones, first one then another;

7. 7

   बाहञ्चbā·hañ·ca भेत्वाbhet·vā अपरञ्चa·pa·rañ·ca बाहं,bā·haṃ

   Bāhañca bhetvā aparañca bāhaṁ,

   she broke off arm-bones, first one then another;

8. 8

   सीसञ्चsī·sañ·ca भेत्वाbhet·vā दधिथालकंव;da·dhi·thā·la·kaṃ·va

   Sīsañca bhetvā dadhithālakaṁva;

   she broke off a skull like a curd-bowl, and then

9. 9

   एसाe·sā निसिन्नाni·sin·nā अभिसन्दहित्वा।a·bhi·san·da·hit·vā

   Esā nisinnā abhisandahitvā.

   arranged them and sat nearby.

10. 10

    योyo वेve अविद्वाa·vid·vā उपधिंu·pa·dhiṃ करोति,ka·ro·ti

    Yo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti,

    When an ignorant person builds up attachments,

11. 11

    पुनप्पुनंpu·nap·pu·naṃ दुक्खमुपेतिduk·kha·mu·pe·ti मन्दो;man·do

    Punappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando;

    that dullard returns to suffering again and again.

12. 12

    तस्माtas·mā पजानंpa·jā·naṃ उपधिंu·pa·dhiṃ नna कयिरा,ka·yi·rā

    Tasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā,

    So let one who understands <j>not build up attachments:

13. 13

    माहंmā·haṃ पुनpu·na भिन्नसिरोbhin·na·si·ro सयिस्सन्”ति।sa·yis·san

    Māhaṁ puna bhinnasiro sayissan”ti.

    may I never again lie with a broken skull!

14. 14

    … महाकाळोma·hā·kā·ḷo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Mahākāḷo 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.