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Verses of the Senior Monks 237 थेरगाथा 237

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Kappattheragāthā

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  1. 1

    थेरगाथाthe·ra·gā·thā 10।5

    Theragāthā 10.5

    Verses of the Senior Monks 10.5

  2. 2

    दसकनिपातda·sa·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Dasakanipāta

    The Book of the Tens

  3. 3

    पठमवग्गpa·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

    Paṭhamavagga

    Chapter One

  4. 4

    कप्पत्थेरगाथाkap·pat·the·ra·gā·thā

    Kappattheragāthā

    Kappa

  5. 5

    “नानाकुलमलसम्पुण्णो,nā·nā·ku·la·ma·la·sam·puṇ·ṇo

    “Nānākulamalasampuṇṇo,

    Filled with different kinds of dirt,

  6. 6

    महाउक्कारसम्भवो;ma·hā·uk·kā·ra·sam·bha·vo

    mahāukkārasambhavo;

    a great producer of dung,

  7. 7

    चन्दनिकंवcan·da·ni·kaṃ·va परिपक्कं,pa·ri·pak·kaṃ

    Candanikaṁva paripakkaṁ,

    like a stagnant cesspool,

  8. 8

    महागण्डोma·hā·gaṇ·ḍo महावणो।ma·hā·va·ṇo

    mahāgaṇḍo mahāvaṇo.

    a big boil, a bad wound,

  9. 9

    पुब्बरुहिरसम्पुण्णो,pub·ba·ru·hi·ra·sam·puṇ·ṇo

    Pubbaruhirasampuṇṇo,

    full of pus and blood,

  10. 10

    गूथकूपेनgū·tha·kū·pe·na गाळ्हितो;gā·ḷhi·to

    gūthakūpena gāḷhito;

    sunk in a toilet-pit,

  11. 11

    आपोपग्घरणोā·po·pag·gha·ra·ṇo कायो,kā·yo

    Āpopaggharaṇo kāyo,

    trickling with fluids,

  12. 12

    सदाsa·dā सन्दतिsan·da·ti पूतिकं।pū·ti·kaṃ

    sadā sandati pūtikaṁ.

    this rotting body always oozes.

  13. 13

    सट्ठिकण्डरसम्बन्धो,saṭ·ṭhi·kaṇ·ḍa·ra·sam·ban·dho

    Saṭṭhikaṇḍarasambandho,

    Bound by sixty tendons,

  14. 14

    मंसलेपनलेपितो;maṃ·sa·le·pa·na·le·pi·to

    maṁsalepanalepito;

    coated with a fleshy coating,

  15. 15

    चम्मकञ्चुकसन्नद्धो,cam·ma·kañ·cu·ka·san·nad·dho

    Cammakañcukasannaddho,

    clothed in a jacket of skin,

  16. 16

    पूतिकायोpū·ti·kā·yo निरत्थको।ni·rat·tha·ko

    pūtikāyo niratthako.

    this rotting body is worthless.

  17. 17

    अट्ठिसङ्घातघटितो,aṭ·ṭhi·saṅ·ghā·ta·gha·ṭi·to

    Aṭṭhisaṅghātaghaṭito,

    Held together by a skeleton of bones,

  18. 18

    न्हारुसुत्तनिबन्धनो;nhā·ru·sut·ta·ni·ban·dha·no

    nhārusuttanibandhano;

    and bound by sinews;

  19. 19

    नेकेसंne·ke·saṃ सङ्गतीभावा,saṅ·ga·tī·bhā·vā

    Nekesaṁ saṅgatībhāvā,

    it assumes postures

  20. 20

    कप्पेतिkap·pe·ti इरियापथं।i·ri·yā·pa·thaṃ

    kappeti iriyāpathaṁ.

    due to a complex of many things.

  21. 21

    धुवप्पयातोdhu·vap·pa·yā·to मरणाय,ma·ra·ṇā·ya

    Dhuvappayāto maraṇāya,

    We set out in the certainty of death,

  22. 22

    मच्चुराजस्सmac·cu·rā·jas·sa सन्तिके;san·ti·ke

    maccurājassa santike;

    in the presence of the King of Death;

  23. 23

    इधेवi·dhe·va छड्डयित्वान,chaḍ·ḍa·yit·vā·na

    Idheva chaḍḍayitvāna,

    and having discarded the body right here,

  24. 24

    येनकामङ्गमोye·na·kā·maṅ·ga·mo नरो।na·ro

    yenakāmaṅgamo naro.

    a person goes where he likes.

  25. 25

    अविज्जायa·vij·jā·ya निवुतोni·vu·to कायो,kā·yo

    Avijjāya nivuto kāyo,

    Shrouded by ignorance,

  26. 26

    चतुगन्थेनca·tu·gan·the·na गन्थितो;gan·thi·to

    catuganthena ganthito;

    tied by the four ties,

  27. 27

    ओघसंसीदनोo·gha·saṃ·sī·da·no कायो,kā·yo

    Oghasaṁsīdano kāyo,

    this body is sinking in the flood,

  28. 28

    अनुसयजालमोत्थतो।a·nu·sa·ya·jā·la·mot·tha·to

    anusayajālamotthato.

    caught in the net of the underlying tendencies.

  29. 29

    पञ्चनीवरणेpañ·ca·nī·va·ra·ṇe युत्तो,yut·to

    Pañcanīvaraṇe yutto,

    Yoked to the five hindrances,

  30. 30

    वितक्केनvi·tak·ke·na समप्पितो;sa·map·pi·to

    vitakkena samappito;

    afflicted by thought,

  31. 31

    तण्हामूलेनानुगतो,taṇ·hā·mū·le·nā·nu·ga·to

    Taṇhāmūlenānugato,

    stuck to the root of craving,

  32. 32

    मोहच्छादनछादितो।mo·hac·chā·da·na·chā·di·to

    mohacchādanachādito.

    hidden by delusion:

  33. 33

    एवायंe·vā·yaṃ वत्ततेvat·ta·te कायो,kā·yo

    Evāyaṁ vattate kāyo,

    that is how the body goes on,

  34. 34

    कम्मयन्तेनkam·ma·yan·te·na यन्तितो;yan·ti·to

    kammayantena yantito;

    propelled by the mechanism of deeds.

  35. 35

    सम्पत्तिsam·pat·ti चca विपत्यन्ता,vi·pat·yan·tā

    Sampatti ca vipatyantā,

    But existence ends in perishing;

  36. 36

    नानाभावोnā·nā·bhā·vo विपज्जति।vi·paj·ja·ti

    nānābhāvo vipajjati.

    separated, the body perishes.

  37. 37

    येमंye·maṃ कायंkā·yaṃ ममायन्ति,ma·mā·yan·ti

    Yemaṁ kāyaṁ mamāyanti,

    Those blind, ordinary people

  38. 38

    अन्धबालाan·dha·bā·lā पुथुज्जना;pu·thuj·ja·nā

    andhabālā puthujjanā;

    who think of this body as theirs,

  39. 39

    वड्ढेन्तिvaḍ·ḍhen·ti कटसिंka·ṭa·siṃ घोरं,gho·raṃ

    Vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ,

    swell the horrors of the charnel ground,

  40. 40

    आदियन्तिā·di·yan·ti पुनब्भवं।pu·nab·bha·vaṃ

    ādiyanti punabbhavaṁ.

    taking hold of future lives.

  41. 41

    येमंye·maṃ कायंkā·yaṃ विवज्जेन्ति,vi·vaj·jen·ti

    Yemaṁ kāyaṁ vivajjenti,

    The undefiled who shun this body

  42. 42

    गूथलित्तंवgū·tha·lit·taṃ·va पन्नगं;pan·na·gaṃ

    Gūthalittaṁva pannagaṁ;

    like a serpent smeared with dung,

  43. 43

    भवमूलंbha·va·mū·laṃ वमित्वान,va·mit·vā·na

    Bhavamūlaṁ vamitvāna,

    having expelled the root of rebirth,

  44. 44

    परिनिब्बिस्सन्तिनासवा”ति।pa·ri·nib·bis·san·ti·nā·sa·vā

    Parinibbissantināsavā”ti.

    will be fully quenched.

  45. 45

    … कप्पोkap·po थेरोthe·ro …।

    … Kappo 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.