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Verses of the Senior Monks 214 थेरगाथा 214

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Mālukyaputtattheragāthā

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  1. 1

    थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 6।5

    Theragāthā 6.5

    Verses of the Senior Monks 6.5

  2. 2

    छक्कनिपातchak·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Chakkanipāta

    The Book of the Sixes

  3. 3

    पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

    Paṭhamavagga

    Chapter One

  4. 4

    मालुक्यपुत्तत्थेरगाथाmā·luk·ya·put·tat·the·ra·gā·thā

    Mālukyaputtattheragāthā

    Māluṅkyaputta (1st)

  5. 5

    “मनुजस्सma·nu·jas·sa पमत्तचारिनो,pa·mat·ta·cā·ri·no

    “Manujassa pamattacārino,

    When a man lives heedlessly,

  6. 6

    तण्हाtaṇ·hā वड्ढतिvaḍ·ḍha·ti मालुवाmā·lu·vā विय;vi·ya

    Taṇhā vaḍḍhati māluvā viya;

    craving grows in them like a camel’s foot creeper.

  7. 7

    सोso प्लवतीpla·va·tī हुराhu·rā हुरं,hu·raṃ

    So plavatī hurā huraṁ,

    They jump from one thing to the next, like a langur

  8. 8

    फलमिच्छंवpha·la·mic·chaṃ·va वनस्मिva·nas·mi वानरो।vā·na·ro

    Phalamicchaṁva vanasmi vānaro.

    greedy for fruit in a forest grove.

  9. 9

    यंyaṃ एसाe·sā सहतेsa·ha·te जम्मी,jam·mī

    Yaṁ esā sahate jammī,

    Whoever is beaten by this wretched craving,

  10. 10

    तण्हाtaṇ·hā लोकेlo·ke विसत्तिका;vi·sat·ti·kā

    taṇhā loke visattikā;

    this attachment to the world,

  11. 11

    सोकाso·kā तस्सtas·sa पवड्ढन्ति,pa·vaḍ·ḍhan·ti

    Sokā tassa pavaḍḍhanti,

    their sorrow grows,

  12. 12

    अभिवट्ठंवa·bhi·vaṭ·ṭhaṃ·va बीरणं।bī·ra·ṇaṃ

    abhivaṭṭhaṁva bīraṇaṁ.

    like grass in the rain.

  13. 13

    योyo चेतंce·taṃ सहतेsa·ha·te जम्मिं,jam·miṃ

    Yo cetaṁ sahate jammiṁ,

    But whoever prevails over this wretched craving,

  14. 14

    तण्हंtaṇ·haṃ लोकेlo·ke दुरच्चयं;du·rac·ca·yaṃ

    taṇhaṁ loke duraccayaṁ;

    so hard to get over in the world,

  15. 15

    सोकाso·kā तम्हाtam·hā पपतन्ति,pa·pa·tan·ti

    Sokā tamhā papatanti,

    their sorrows fall from them,

  16. 16

    उदबिन्दूवu·da·bin·dū·va पोक्खरा।pok·kha·rā

    udabindūva pokkharā.

    like a drop from a lotus-leaf.

  17. 17

    तंtaṃ वोvo वदामिva·dā·mi भद्दंbhad·daṃ वो,vo

    Taṁ vo vadāmi bhaddaṁ vo,

    I say this to you, good people,

  18. 18

    यावन्तेत्थyā·van·tet·tha समागता;sa·mā·ga·tā

    yāvantettha samāgatā;

    all those who have gathered here:

  19. 19

    तण्हायtaṇ·hā·ya मूलंmū·laṃ खणथ,kha·ṇa·tha

    Taṇhāya mūlaṁ khaṇatha,

    dig up the root of craving,

  20. 20

    उसीरत्थोवu·sī·rat·tho·va बीरणं;bī·ra·ṇaṃ

    usīratthova bīraṇaṁ;

    as you’d dig up the grass in search of roots.

  21. 21

    माmā वोvo नळंवna·ḷaṃ·va सोतोव,so·to·va

    Mā vo naḷaṁva sotova,

    Don’t let Māra break you again and again,

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    मारोmā·ro भञ्जिbhañ·ji पुनप्पुनं।pu·nap·pu·naṃ

    māro bhañji punappunaṁ.

    like a stream breaking a reed.

  23. 23

    करोथka·ro·tha बुद्धवचनं,bud·dha·va·ca·naṃ

    Karotha buddhavacanaṁ,

    Act on the Buddha’s words,

  24. 24

    खणोkha·ṇo वोvo माmā उपच्चगा;u·pac·ca·gā

    khaṇo vo mā upaccagā;

    don’t let the moment pass you by.

  25. 25

    खणातीताkha·ṇā·tī·tā हिhi सोचन्ति,so·can·ti

    Khaṇātītā hi socanti,

    For if you miss your moment

  26. 26

    निरयम्हिni·ra·yam·hi समप्पिता।sa·map·pi·tā

    nirayamhi samappitā.

    you’ll grieve when sent to hell.

  27. 27

    पमादोpa·mā·do रजोra·jo पमादो,pa·mā·do

    Pamādo rajo pamādo,

    Negligence is always dust;

  28. 28

    पमादानुपतितोpa·mā·dā·nu·pa·ti·to रजो;ra·jo

    pamādānupatito rajo;

    dust follows right behind negligence.

  29. 29

    अप्पमादेनap·pa·mā·de·na विज्जाय,vij·jā·ya

    Appamādena vijjāya,

    Through diligence and knowledge,

  30. 30

    अब्बहेab·ba·he सल्लमत्तनो”ति।sal·la·mat·ta·no

    abbahe sallamattano”ti.

    pluck out the dart from yourself.

  31. 31

    … मालुक्यपुत्तोmā·luk·ya·put·to थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Mālukyaputto 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.