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Verses of the Senior Monks 174 थेरगाथा 174

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Mātaṅgaputtattheragāthā

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1. 1

   थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 3।5

   Theragāthā 3.5

   Verses of the Senior Monks 3.5

2. 2

   तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Tikanipāta

   The Book of the Threes

3. 3

   पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

   Paṭhamavagga

   Chapter One

4. 4

   मातङ्गपुत्तत्थेरगाथाmā·taṅ·ga·put·tat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Mātaṅgaputtattheragāthā

   Mātaṅgaputta

5. 5

   “अतिसीतंa·ti·sī·taṃ अतिउण्हं,a·ti·uṇ·haṃ

   “Atisītaṁ atiuṇhaṁ,

   “It’s too cold, too hot,

6. 6

   अतिसायमिदंa·ti·sā·ya·mi·daṃ अहु;a·hu

   atisāyamidaṁ ahu;

   too late,” they say.

7. 7

   इतिi·ti विस्सट्ठकम्मन्ते,vis·saṭ·ṭha·kam·man·te

   Iti vissaṭṭhakammante,

   When the young neglect their work like this,

8. 8

   खणाkha·ṇā अच्चेन्तिac·cen·ti माणवे।mā·ṇa·ve

   khaṇā accenti māṇave.

   opportunities pass them by.

9. 9

   योyo चca सीतञ्चsī·tañ·ca उण्हञ्च,uṇ·hañ·ca

   Yo ca sītañca uṇhañca,

   But one who considers heat and cold

10. 10

    तिणाti·ṇā भिय्योbhiy·yo नna मञ्ञति;mañ·ña·ti

    tiṇā bhiyyo na maññati;

    as no more than blades of grass—

11. 11

    करंka·raṃ पुरिसकिच्चानि,pu·ri·sa·kic·cā·ni

    Karaṁ purisakiccāni,

    he does his duties as a man,

12. 12

    सोso सुखाsu·khā नna विहायति।vi·hā·ya·ti

    so sukhā na vihāyati.

    and his happiness never fails.

13. 13

    दब्बंdab·baṃ कुसंku·saṃ पोटकिलं,po·ṭa·ki·laṃ

    Dabbaṁ kusaṁ poṭakilaṁ,

    With my chest I’ll thrust aside

14. 14

    उसीरंu·sī·raṃ मुञ्जपब्बजं;muñ·ja·pab·ba·jaṃ

    usīraṁ muñjapabbajaṁ;

    the grasses, vines, canes,

15. 15

    उरसाu·ra·sā पनुदिस्सामि,pa·nu·dis·sā·mi

    Urasā panudissāmi,

    the vetiver, rushes and reeds,

16. 16

    विवेकमनुब्रूहयन्”ति।vi·ve·ka·ma·nub·rū·ha·yan

    vivekamanubrūhayan”ti.

    and foster seclusion.

17. 17

    … मातङ्गपुत्तोmā·taṅ·ga·put·to थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Mātaṅgaputto 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.