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Verses of the Senior Monks 199 थेरगाथा 199

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Subhūtattheragāthā

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  1. 1

    थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 5।2

    Theragāthā 5.2

    Verses of the Senior Monks 5.2

  2. 2

    पञ्चकनिपातpañ·ca·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Pañcakanipāta

    The Book of the Fives

  3. 3

    पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

    Paṭhamavagga

    Chapter One

  4. 4

    सुभूतत्थेरगाथाsu·bhū·tat·the·ra·gā·thā

    Subhūtattheragāthā

    Subhūta

  5. 5

    “अयोगेa·yo·ge युञ्जमत्तानं,yuñ·ja·mat·tā·naṃ

    “Ayoge yuñjamattānaṁ,

    When a person, wishing for a certain outcome,

  6. 6

    पुरिसोpu·ri·so किच्चमिच्छको;kic·ca·mic·cha·ko

    puriso kiccamicchako;

    applies themselves where they ought not;

  7. 7

    चरञ्चेca·rañ·ce नाधिगच्छेय्य,nā·dhi·gac·chey·ya

    Carañce nādhigaccheyya,

    not achieving what they worked for,

  8. 8

    ‘तंtaṃ मेme दुब्भगलक्खणं’।dub·bha·ga·lak·kha·ṇaṃ

    ‘taṁ me dubbhagalakkhaṇaṁ’.

    they say: “That’s a sign of my bad luck.”

  9. 9

    अब्बूळ्हंab·bū·ḷhaṃ अघगतंa·gha·ga·taṃ विजितं,vi·ji·taṃ

    Abbūḷhaṁ aghagataṁ vijitaṁ,

    When a misfortune is extracted and beaten,

  10. 10

    एकञ्चेe·kañ·ce ओस्सजेय्यos·sa·jey·ya कलीवka·lī·va सिया;si·yā

    Ekañce ossajeyya kalīva siyā;

    to surrender it in part would be like losing at dice;

  11. 11

    सब्बानिपिsab·bā·ni·pi चेce ओस्सजेय्यos·sa·jey·ya अन्धोवan·dho·va सिया,si·yā

    Sabbānipi ce ossajeyya andhova siyā,

    but to surrender it all you’d have to be blind,

  12. 12

    समविसमस्सsa·ma·vi·sa·mas·sa अदस्सनतो।a·das·sa·na·to

    Samavisamassa adassanato.

    not seeing the even and the uneven.

  13. 13

    यञ्हिyañ·hi कयिराka·yi·rā तञ्हिtañ·hi वदे,va·de

    Yañhi kayirā tañhi vade,

    You should only say what you would do;

  14. 14

    यंyaṃ नna कयिराka·yi·rā नna तंtaṃ वदे;va·de

    yaṁ na kayirā na taṁ vade;

    you shouldn’t say what you wouldn’t do.

  15. 15

    अकरोन्तंa·ka·ron·taṃ भासमानं,bhā·sa·mā·naṃ

    Akarontaṁ bhāsamānaṁ,

    The wise will recognize

  16. 16

    परिजानन्तिpa·ri·jā·nan·ti पण्डिता।paṇ·ḍi·tā

    parijānanti paṇḍitā.

    one who talks without doing.

  17. 17

    यथापिya·thā·pi रुचिरंru·ci·raṃ पुप्फं,pup·phaṃ

    Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,

    Just like a glorious flower

  18. 18

    वण्णवन्तंvaṇ·ṇa·van·taṃ अगन्धकं;a·gan·dha·kaṃ

    vaṇṇavantaṁ agandhakaṁ;

    that’s colorful but lacks fragrance;

  19. 19

    एवंe·vaṃ सुभासिताsu·bhā·si·tā वाचा,vā·cā

    Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,

    well-spoken speech is fruitless

  20. 20

    अफलाa·pha·lā होतिho·ti अकुब्बतो।a·kub·ba·to

    aphalā hoti akubbato.

    for one who does not act on it.

  21. 21

    यथापिya·thā·pi रुचिरंru·ci·raṃ पुप्फं,pup·phaṃ

    Yathāpi ruciraṁ pupphaṁ,

    Just like a glorious flower

  22. 22

    वण्णवन्तंvaṇ·ṇa·van·taṃ सुगन्धकं;su·gan·dha·kaṃ

    Vaṇṇavantaṁ sugandhakaṁ;

    that’s both colorful and fragrant,

  23. 23

    एवंe·vaṃ सुभासिताsu·bhā·si·tā वाचा,vā·cā

    Evaṁ subhāsitā vācā,

    well-spoken speech is fruitful

  24. 24

    सफलाsa·pha·lā होतिho·ti कुब्बतो”ति।kub·ba·to

    Saphalā hoti kubbato”ti.

    for one who acts on it.

  25. 25

    … सुभूतोsu·bhū·to थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Subhūto 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.