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Verses of the Senior Monks 179 थेरगाथा 179

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Sāṭimattiyattheragāthā

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।10

   Theragāthā 3.10

   Verses of the Senior Monks 3.10

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

   साटिमत्तियत्थेरगाथाsā·ṭi·mat·ti·yat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Sāṭimattiyattheragāthā

   Sāṭimattiya

5. 5

   “अहुa·hu तुय्हंtuy·haṃ पुरेpu·re सद्धा,sad·dhā

   “Ahu tuyhaṁ pure saddhā,

   In the past you had faith,

6. 6

   साsā तेte अज्जaj·ja नna विज्जति;vij·ja·ti

   sā te ajja na vijjati;

   today you have none.

7. 7

   यंyaṃ तुय्हंtuy·haṃ तुय्हमेवेतं,tuy·ha·me·ve·taṃ

   Yaṁ tuyhaṁ tuyhamevetaṁ,

   What’s yours is yours alone—

8. 8

   नत्थिnat·thi दुच्चरितंduc·ca·ri·taṃ मम।ma·ma

   natthi duccaritaṁ mama.

   I’ve done nothing wrong.

9. 9

   अनिच्चाa·nic·cā हिhi चलाca·lā सद्धा,sad·dhā

   Aniccā hi calā saddhā,

   Faith is impermanent, fickle:

10. 10

    एवंe·vaṃ दिट्ठाdiṭ·ṭhā हिhi साsā मया;ma·yā

    evaṁ diṭṭhā hi sā mayā;

    or so I have seen.

11. 11

    रज्जन्तिपिraj·jan·ti·pi विरज्जन्ति,vi·raj·jan·ti

    Rajjantipi virajjanti,

    Passions wax and wane:

12. 12

    तत्थtat·tha किंkiṃ जिय्यतेjiy·ya·te मुनि।mu·ni

    tattha kiṁ jiyyate muni.

    why would a sage waste away on that account?

13. 13

    पच्चतिpac·ca·ti मुनिनोmu·ni·no भत्तं,bhat·taṃ

    Paccati munino bhattaṁ,

    The meal of a sage is cooked

14. 14

    थोकंtho·kaṃ थोकंtho·kaṃ कुलेku·le कुले;ku·le

    Thokaṁ thokaṁ kule kule;

    bit by bit in this family or that.

15. 15

    पिण्डिकायpiṇ·ḍi·kā·ya चरिस्सामि,ca·ris·sā·mi

    Piṇḍikāya carissāmi,

    I’ll walk for alms,

16. 16

    अत्थिat·thi जङ्घबलंjaṅ·gha·ba·laṃ ममा”ति।ma·mā

    Atthi jaṅghabalaṁ mamā”ti.

    for my legs are strong.

17. 17

    … साटिमत्तियोsā·ṭi·mat·ti·yo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Sāṭimattiyo 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.