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Verses of the Senior Monks 139 थेरगाथा 139

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Nandattheragāthā

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।19

   Theragāthā 2.19

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.19

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

   नन्दत्थेरगाथाnan·dat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Nandattheragāthā

   Nanda

5. 5

   “अयोनिसोa·yo·ni·so मनसिकारा,ma·na·si·kā·rā

   “Ayoniso manasikārā,

   Because of focusing on the wrong things,

6. 6

   मण्डनंmaṇ·ḍa·naṃ अनुयुञ्जिसं;a·nu·yuñ·ji·saṃ

   maṇḍanaṁ anuyuñjisaṁ;

   I was addicted to ornamentation.

7. 7

   उद्धतोud·dha·to चपलोca·pa·lo चासिं,cā·siṃ

   Uddhato capalo cāsiṁ,

   I was vain, fickle,

8. 8

   कामरागेनkā·ma·rā·ge·na अट्टितो।aṭ·ṭi·to

   kāmarāgena aṭṭito.

   racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.

9. 9

   उपायकुसलेनाहं,u·pā·ya·ku·sa·le·nā·haṃ

   Upāyakusalenāhaṁ,

   But with the help of the Buddha,

10. 10

    बुद्धेनादिच्चबन्धुना;bud·dhe·nā·dic·ca·ban·dhu·nā

    buddhenādiccabandhunā;

    the Kinsman of the Sun, so skilled in means,

11. 11

    योनिसोyo·ni·so पटिपज्जित्वा,pa·ṭi·paj·jit·vā

    Yoniso paṭipajjitvā,

    I practiced rationally and extracted

12. 12

    भवेbha·ve चित्तंcit·taṃ उदब्बहिन्”ति।u·dab·ba·hin

    bhave cittaṁ udabbahin”ti.

    attachment to continued existence from my mind.

13. 13

    … नन्दोnan·do थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Nando 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.