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Verses of the Senior Monks 154 थेरगाथा 154

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Isidinnattheragāthā

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1. 1

   थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 2।34

   Theragāthā 2.34

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.34

2. 2

   दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Dukanipāta

   The Book of the Twos

3. 3

   चतुत्थवग्गca·tut·tha·vag·ga

   Catutthavagga

   Chapter Four

4. 4

   इसिदिन्नत्थेरगाथाi·si·din·nat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Isidinnattheragāthā

   Isidinna

5. 5

   “दिट्ठाdiṭ·ṭhā मयाma·yā धम्मधराdham·ma·dha·rā उपासका,u·pā·sa·kā

   “Diṭṭhā mayā dhammadharā upāsakā,

   I’ve seen lay disciples <j>who have memorized discourses,

6. 6

   कामाkā·mā अनिच्चाa·nic·cā इतिi·ti भासमाना;bhā·sa·mā·nā

   Kāmā aniccā iti bhāsamānā;

   saying, “Sensual pleasures are impermanent”.

7. 7

   सारत्तरत्ताsā·rat·ta·rat·tā मणिकुण्डलेसु,ma·ṇi·kuṇ·ḍa·le·su

   Sārattarattā maṇikuṇḍalesu,

   But they’re obsessed with jeweled earrings,

8. 8

   पुत्तेसुput·te·su दारेसुdā·re·su चca तेte अपेक्खा।a·pek·khā

   Puttesu dāresu ca te apekkhā.

   concerned for their partners and children.

9. 9

   अद्धाad·dhā नna जानन्तिjā·nan·ti यतोधya·to·dha धम्मं,dham·maṃ

   Addhā na jānanti yatodha dhammaṁ,

   To be honest, they don’t know Dhamma,

10. 10

    कामाkā·mā अनिच्चाa·nic·cā इतिi·ti चापिcā·pi आहु;ā·hu

    Kāmā aniccā iti cāpi āhu;

    even though they say <j>“Sensual pleasures are impermanent”.

11. 11

    रागञ्चrā·gañ·ca तेसंte·saṃ नna बलत्थिba·lat·thi छेत्तुं,chet·tuṃ

    Rāgañca tesaṁ na balatthi chettuṁ,

    They don’t have the power to cut their lust,

12. 12

    तस्माtas·mā सिताsi·tā पुत्तदारंput·ta·dā·raṃ धनञ्चा”ति।dha·nañ·cā

    Tasmā sitā puttadāraṁ dhanañcā”ti.

    so they cling to children, wives, and wealth.

13. 13

    … इसिदिन्नोi·si·din·no थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Isidinno 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.