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Verses of the Senior Monks 177 थेरगाथा 177

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Vassikattheragāthā

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।8

   Theragāthā 3.8

   Verses of the Senior Monks 3.8

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

   वस्सिकत्थेरगाथाvas·si·kat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Vassikattheragāthā

   Vassika

5. 5

   “एकोपिe·ko·pi सद्धोsad·dho मेधावी,me·dhā·vī

   “Ekopi saddho medhāvī,

   I was the only one in my family

6. 6

   अस्सद्धानीधas·sad·dhā·nī·dha ञातिनं;ñā·ti·naṃ

   assaddhānīdha ñātinaṁ;

   who had faith and wisdom.

7. 7

   धम्मट्ठोdham·maṭ·ṭho सीलसम्पन्नो,sī·la·sam·pan·no

   Dhammaṭṭho sīlasampanno,

   It’s good for my relatives that I’m

8. 8

   होतिho·ti अत्थायat·thā·ya बन्धुनं।ban·dhu·naṃ

   hoti atthāya bandhunaṁ.

   firm in principle, and ethical.

9. 9

   निग्गय्हnig·gay·ha अनुकम्पाय,a·nu·kam·pā·ya

   Niggayha anukampāya,

   I curbed my family out of sympathy,

10. 10

    चोदिताco·di·tā ञातयोñā·ta·yo मया;ma·yā

    coditā ñātayo mayā;

    telling them off out of love

11. 11

    ञातिबन्धवपेमेन,ñā·ti·ban·dha·va·pe·me·na

    Ñātibandhavapemena,

    for my family and relatives.

12. 12

    कारंkā·raṃ कत्वानkat·vā·na भिक्खुसु।bhik·khu·su

    kāraṁ katvāna bhikkhusu.

    They performed a service for the monks

13. 13

    तेte अब्भतीताab·bha·tī·tā कालङ्कता,kā·laṅ·ka·tā

    Te abbhatītā kālaṅkatā,

    and then they passed away,

14. 14

    पत्ताpat·tā तेte तिदिवंti·di·vaṃ सुखं;su·khaṃ

    pattā te tidivaṁ sukhaṁ;

    finding happiness in the Third Heaven.

15. 15

    भातरोbhā·ta·ro मय्हंmay·haṃ माताmā·tā च,ca

    Bhātaro mayhaṁ mātā ca,

    There, my brothers and mother

16. 16

    मोदन्तिmo·dan·ti कामकामिनो”ति।kā·ma·kā·mi·no

    modanti kāmakāmino”ti.

    enjoy all the pleasures they desire.

17. 17

    … वस्सिकोvas·si·ko थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Vassiko 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.