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Verses of the Senior Monks 77 थेरगाथा 77

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Hatthārohaputtattheragāthā

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 1।77

   Theragāthā 1.77

   Verses of the Senior Monks 1.77

2. 2

   एककनिपातe·ka·ka·ni·pā·ta

   Ekakanipāta

   The Book of the Ones

3. 3

   अट्ठमवग्गaṭ·ṭha·ma·vag·ga

   Aṭṭhamavagga

   Chapter Eight

4. 4

   हत्थारोहपुत्तत्थेरगाथाhat·thā·ro·ha·put·tat·the·ra·gā·thā

   Hatthārohaputtattheragāthā

   Hatthārohaputta

5. 5

   “इदंi·daṃ पुरेpu·re चित्तमचारिcit·ta·ma·cā·ri चारिकं,cā·ri·kaṃ

   “Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,

   In the past my mind wandered

6. 6

   येनिच्छकंye·nic·cha·kaṃ यत्थकामंyat·tha·kā·maṃ यथासुखं;ya·thā·su·khaṃ

   Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;

   how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.

7. 7

   तदज्जहंta·daj·ja·haṃ निग्गहेस्सामिnig·ga·hes·sā·mi योनिसो,yo·ni·so

   Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,

   Now I’ll carefully guide it,

8. 8

   हत्थिप्पभिन्नंhat·thip·pa·bhin·naṃ वियvi·ya अङ्कुसग्गहो”ति।aṅ·ku·sag·ga·ho

   Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho”ti.

   as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.

9. 9

   … हत्थारोहपुत्तोhat·thā·ro·ha·put·to थेरोthe·ro …।

   … Hatthārohaputto 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.