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Verses of the Senior Monks 145 थेरगाथा 145

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Vītasokattheragāthā

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।25

   Theragāthā 2.25

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.25

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

   वीतसोकत्थेरगाथाvī·ta·so·kat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Vītasokattheragāthā

   Vītasoka

5. 5

   “केसेke·se मेme ओलिखिस्सन्ति,o·li·khis·san·ti

   “Kese me olikhissanti,

   The barber approached

6. 6

   कप्पकोkap·pa·ko उपसङ्कमि;u·pa·saṅ·ka·mi

   kappako upasaṅkami;

   to shave my head.

7. 7

   ततोta·to आदासमादाय,ā·dā·sa·mā·dā·ya

   Tato ādāsamādāya,

   I picked up a mirror

8. 8

   सरीरंsa·rī·raṃ पच्चवेक्खिसं।pac·ca·vek·khi·saṃ

   sarīraṁ paccavekkhisaṁ.

   and examined my body.

9. 9

   तुच्छोtuc·cho कायोkā·yo अदिस्सित्थ,a·dis·sit·tha

   Tuccho kāyo adissittha,

   My body appeared hollow;

10. 10

    अन्धकारोan·dha·kā·ro तमोta·mo ब्यगा;bya·gā

    andhakāro tamo byagā;

    I once was blind, but the darkness disappeared.

11. 11

    सब्बेsab·be चोळाco·ḷā समुच्छिन्ना,sa·muc·chin·nā

    Sabbe coḷā samucchinnā,

    My fancy hairdo has been cut off:

12. 12

    नत्थिnat·thi दानिdā·ni पुनब्भवो”ति।pu·nab·bha·vo

    natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

    now there’ll be no more future lives.

13. 13

    … वीतसोकोvī·ta·so·ko थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Vītasoko 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.