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Verses of the Senior Monks 157 थेरगाथा 157

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Soṇapoṭiriyattheragāthā

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।37

   Theragāthā 2.37

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.37

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

   सोणपोटिरियत्थेरगाथाso·ṇa·po·ṭi·ri·yat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Soṇapoṭiriyattheragāthā

   Soṇapoṭiriya

5. 5

   “नna तावtā·va सुपितुंsu·pi·tuṃ होति,ho·ti

   “Na tāva supituṁ hoti,

   Night, with her garland of stars,

6. 6

   रत्तिrat·ti नक्खत्तमालिनी;nak·khat·ta·mā·li·nī

   ratti nakkhattamālinī;

   is not only for sleeping.

7. 7

   पटिजग्गितुमेवेसा,pa·ṭi·jag·gi·tu·me·ve·sā

   Paṭijaggitumevesā,

   For those who know,

8. 8

   रत्तिrat·ti होतिho·ti विजानता”।vi·jā·na·tā

   ratti hoti vijānatā”.

   this night is really for waking.

9. 9

   “हत्थिक्खन्धावपतितं,hat·thik·khan·dhā·va·pa·ti·taṃ

   “Hatthikkhandhāvapatitaṁ,

   Were I to fall from the back of an elephant,

10. 10

    कुञ्जरोkuñ·ja·ro चेce अनुक्कमे;a·nuk·ka·me

    kuñjaro ce anukkame;

    trampled by the tuskers that follow,

11. 11

    सङ्गामेsaṅ·gā·me मेme मतंma·taṃ सेय्यो,sey·yo

    Saṅgāme me mataṁ seyyo,

    better for me to die in battle,

12. 12

    यञ्चेyañ·ce जीवेjī·ve पराजितो”ति।pa·rā·ji·to

    yañce jīve parājito”ti.

    than to live on in defeat.

13. 13

    … सोणोso·ṇo पोटिरियोpo·ṭi·ri·yo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Soṇo poṭiriyo 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.