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Verses of the Senior Monks 225 थेरगाथा 225

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Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheragāthā

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  1. 1

    थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 7।2

    Theragāthā 7.2

    Verses of the Senior Monks 7.2

  2. 2

    सत्तकनिपातsat·ta·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Sattakanipāta

    The Book of the Sevens

  3. 3

    पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

    Paṭhamavagga

    Chapter One

  4. 4

    लकुण्डकभद्दियत्थेरगाथाla·kuṇ·ḍa·ka·bhad·di·yat·the·ra·gā·thā

    Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyattheragāthā

    Bhaddiya the Dwarf

  5. 5

    “परेpa·re अम्बाटकारामे,am·bā·ṭa·kā·rā·me

    “Pare ambāṭakārāme,

    Bhaddiya has plucked out craving, root and all,

  6. 6

    वनसण्डम्हिva·na·saṇ·ḍam·hi भद्दियो;bhad·di·yo

    vanasaṇḍamhi bhaddiyo;

    and in a jungle thicket

  7. 7

    समूलंsa·mū·laṃ तण्हमब्बुय्ह,taṇ·ha·mab·buy·ha

    Samūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,

    on the far side of the Wild Mango Monastery,

  8. 8

    तत्थtat·tha भद्दोवbhad·do·va झायति।jhā·ya·ti

    tattha bhaddova jhāyati.

    he practices absorption; he is truly well-favored.

  9. 9

    रमन्तेकेra·man·te·ke मुदिङ्गेहि,mu·diṅ·ge·hi

    Ramanteke mudiṅgehi,

    Some delight in clay drums,

  10. 10

    वीणाहिvī·ṇā·hi पणवेहिpa·ṇa·ve·hi च;ca

    vīṇāhi paṇavehi ca;

    in arched harps, and in cymbals.

  11. 11

    अहञ्चa·hañ·ca रुक्खमूलस्मिं,ruk·kha·mū·las·miṃ

    Ahañca rukkhamūlasmiṁ,

    But here, at the foot of a tree,

  12. 12

    रतोra·to बुद्धस्सbud·dhas·sa सासने।sā·sa·ne

    rato buddhassa sāsane.

    I delight in the Buddha’s teaching.

  13. 13

    बुद्धोbud·dho चेce मेme वरंva·raṃ दज्जा,daj·jā

    Buddho ce me varaṁ dajjā,

    If the Buddha were to grant me one wish,

  14. 14

    सोso चca लब्भेथlab·bhe·tha मेme वरो;va·ro

    so ca labbhetha me varo;

    and I were to get what I wished for,

  15. 15

    गण्हेहंgaṇ·he·haṃ सब्बलोकस्स,sab·ba·lo·kas·sa

    Gaṇhehaṁ sabbalokassa,

    I’d choose for the whole world

  16. 16

    निच्चंnic·caṃ कायगतंkā·ya·ga·taṃ सतिं।sa·tiṃ

    niccaṁ kāyagataṁ satiṁ.

    constant mindfulness of the body.

  17. 17

    येye मंmaṃ रूपेनrū·pe·na पामिंसु,pā·miṃ·su

    Ye maṁ rūpena pāmiṁsu,

    Those who’ve judged me on appearance,

  18. 18

    येye चca घोसेनgho·se·na अन्वगू;an·va·gū

    ye ca ghosena anvagū;

    and those swayed by my voice,

  19. 19

    छन्दरागवसूपेता,chan·da·rā·ga·va·sū·pe·tā

    Chandarāgavasūpetā,

    are full of desire and greed;

  20. 20

    नna मंmaṃ जानन्तिjā·nan·ti तेte जना।ja·nā

    na maṁ jānanti te janā.

    they don’t know me.

  21. 21

    अज्झत्तञ्चaj·jhat·tañ·ca नna जानाति,jā·nā·ti

    Ajjhattañca na jānāti,

    Not knowing what’s inside,

  22. 22

    बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā चca नna पस्सति;pas·sa·ti

    bahiddhā ca na passati;

    nor seeing what’s outside,

  23. 23

    समन्तावरणोsa·man·tā·va·ra·ṇo बालो,bā·lo

    Samantāvaraṇo bālo,

    the fool shut in on every side,

  24. 24

    सsa वेve घोसेनgho·se·na वुय्हति।vuy·ha·ti

    sa ve ghosena vuyhati.

    gets carried away by a voice.

  25. 25

    अज्झत्तञ्चaj·jhat·tañ·ca नna जानाति,jā·nā·ti

    Ajjhattañca na jānāti,

    Not knowing what’s inside,

  26. 26

    बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā चca विपस्सति;vi·pas·sa·ti

    bahiddhā ca vipassati;

    but discerning what’s outside,

  27. 27

    बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā फलदस्सावी,pha·la·das·sā·vī

    Bahiddhā phaladassāvī,

    seeing the fruit outside,

  28. 28

    सोपिso·pi घोसेनgho·se·na वुय्हति।vuy·ha·ti

    sopi ghosena vuyhati.

    they’re also carried away by a voice.

  29. 29

    अज्झत्तञ्चaj·jhat·tañ·ca पजानाति,pa·jā·nā·ti

    Ajjhattañca pajānāti,

    Understanding what’s inside,

  30. 30

    बहिद्धाba·hid·dhā चca विपस्सति;vi·pas·sa·ti

    bahiddhā ca vipassati;

    and discerning what’s outside,

  31. 31

    अनावरणदस्सावी,a·nā·va·ra·ṇa·das·sā·vī

    Anāvaraṇadassāvī,

    of unhindered vision,

  32. 32

    नna सोso घोसेनgho·se·na वुय्हती”ति।vuy·ha·tī

    na so ghosena vuyhatī”ti.

    they don’t get carried away by a voice.

  33. 33

    … लकुण्डकभद्दियोla·kuṇ·ḍa·ka·bhad·di·yo थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Lakuṇḍakabhaddiyo 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.