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Verses of the Senior Monks 176 थेरगाथा 176

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Vāraṇattheragāthā

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 3।7

   Theragāthā 3.7

   Verses of the Senior Monks 3.7

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

   वारणत्थेरगाथाvā·ra·ṇat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Vāraṇattheragāthā

   Vāraṇa

5. 5

   “योधyo·dha कोचिko·ci मनुस्सेसु,ma·nus·se·su

   “Yodha koci manussesu,

   Anyone among men

6. 6

   परपाणानिpa·ra·pā·ṇā·ni हिंसति;hiṃ·sa·ti

   parapāṇāni hiṁsati;

   who harms other creatures:

7. 7

   अस्माas·mā लोकाlo·kā परम्हाpa·ram·hā च,ca

   Asmā lokā paramhā ca,

   that person will fall

8. 8

   उभयाu·bha·yā धंसतेdhaṃ·sa·te नरो।na·ro

   ubhayā dhaṁsate naro.

   both from this world and the next.

9. 9

   योyo चca मेत्तेनmet·te·na चित्तेन,cit·te·na

   Yo ca mettena cittena,

   But someone with a mind of love,

10. 10

    सब्बपाणानुकम्पति;sab·ba·pā·ṇā·nu·kam·pa·ti

    sabbapāṇānukampati;

    sympathetic for all creatures:

11. 11

    बहुञ्हिba·huñ·hi सोso पसवति,pa·sa·va·ti

    Bahuñhi so pasavati,

    a person like that

12. 12

    पुञ्ञंpuñ·ñaṃ तादिसकोtā·di·sa·ko नरो।na·ro

    puññaṁ tādisako naro.

    brims with much merit.

13. 13

    सुभासितस्सsu·bhā·si·tas·sa सिक्खेथ,sik·khe·tha

    Subhāsitassa sikkhetha,

    You should all train <j>to learn well-spoken words,

14. 14

    समणूपासनस्सsa·ma·ṇū·pā·sa·nas·sa च;ca

    samaṇūpāsanassa ca;

    to attend closely to ascetics,

15. 15

    एकासनस्सe·kā·sa·nas·sa चca रहो,ra·ho

    Ekāsanassa ca raho,

    to sit alone in hidden places,

16. 16

    चित्तवूपसमस्सcit·ta·vū·pa·sa·mas·sa चा”ति।cā

    cittavūpasamassa cā”ti.

    and to settle the mind.

17. 17

    … वारणोvā·ra·ṇo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Vāraṇo 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.