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Verses of the Senior Monks 144 थेरगाथा 144

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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।24

   Theragāthā 2.24

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.24

2. 2

   दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Dukanipāta

   The Book of the Twos

3. 3

   ततियवग्गta·ti·ya·vag·ga

   Tatiyavagga

   Chapter Three

4. 4

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

   Valliyattheragāthā

   Valliya (3rd)

5. 5

   “यंyaṃ किच्चंkic·caṃ दळ्हवीरियेन,da·ḷha·vī·ri·ye·na

   “Yaṁ kiccaṁ daḷhavīriyena,

   The duty of one whose energy is strong;

6. 6

   यंyaṃ किच्चंkic·caṃ बोद्धुमिच्छता;bod·dhu·mic·cha·tā

   yaṁ kiccaṁ boddhumicchatā;

   the duty of one who longs to wake up:

7. 7

   करिस्संka·ris·saṃ नावरज्झिस्सं,nā·va·raj·jhis·saṃ

   Karissaṁ nāvarajjhissaṁ,

   that I’ll do, I won’t fail—

8. 8

   पस्सpas·sa वीरियंvī·ri·yaṃ परक्कमं।pa·rak·ka·maṃ

   passa vīriyaṁ parakkamaṁ.

   see my energy and vigor!

9. 9

   त्वञ्चtvañ·ca मेme मग्गमक्खाहि,mag·ga·mak·khā·hi

   Tvañca me maggamakkhāhi,

   Teach me the path,

10. 10

    अञ्जसंañ·ja·saṃ अमतोगधं;a·ma·to·ga·dhaṃ

    añjasaṁ amatogadhaṁ;

    the direct route whose objective is freedom from death.

11. 11

    अहंa·haṃ मोनेनmo·ne·na मोनिस्सं,mo·nis·saṃ

    Ahaṁ monena monissaṁ,

    I’ll know it with wisdom,

12. 12

    गङ्गासोतोवgaṅ·gā·so·to·va सागरन्”ति।sā·ga·ran

    gaṅgāsotova sāgaran”ti.

    as the Ganges knows the ocean.

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.