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Verses of the Senior Monks 167 थेरगाथा 167

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Anūpamattheragāthā

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।47

   Theragāthā 2.47

   Verses of the Senior Monks 2.47

2. 2

   दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Dukanipāta

   The Book of the Twos

3. 3

   पञ्चमवग्गpañ·ca·ma·vag·ga

   Pañcamavagga

   Chapter Five

4. 4

   अनूपमत्थेरगाथाa·nū·pa·mat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Anūpamattheragāthā

   Anūpama

5. 5

   “नन्दमानागतंnan·da·mā·nā·ga·taṃ चित्तं,cit·taṃ

   “Nandamānāgataṁ cittaṁ,

   The conceited mind, addicted to pleasure,

6. 6

   सूलमारोपमानकं;sū·la·mā·ro·pa·mā·na·kaṃ

   sūlamāropamānakaṁ;

   impales itself on its own stake.

7. 7

   तेनte·na तेनेवte·ne·va वजसि,va·ja·si

   Tena teneva vajasi,

   It always goes where

8. 8

   येनye·na सूलंsū·laṃ कलिङ्गरं।ka·liṅ·ga·raṃ

   yena sūlaṁ kaliṅgaraṁ.

   there’s a stake, a chopping board.

9. 9

   ताहंtā·haṃ चित्तकलिंcit·ta·ka·liṃ ब्रूमि,brū·mi

   Tāhaṁ cittakaliṁ brūmi,

   I declare you the loser mind!

10. 10

    तंtaṃ ब्रूमिbrū·mi चित्तदुब्भकं;cit·ta·dub·bha·kaṃ

    taṁ brūmi cittadubbhakaṁ;

    I declare you the insidious mind!

11. 11

    सत्थाsat·thā तेte दुल्लभोdul·la·bho लद्धो,lad·dho

    Satthā te dullabho laddho,

    You’ve found the Teacher so hard to find—

12. 12

    मानत्थेmā·nat·the मंmaṃ नियोजयी”ति।ni·yo·ja·yī

    mānatthe maṁ niyojayī”ti.

    don’t lead me away from the goal.

13. 13

    … अनूपमोa·nū·pa·mo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Anūpamo 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.