{"id":"thag19.1","title":"Tālapuṭa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag19.1","title":"Tālapuṭa","units":[{"id":"thag19.1:0","sourceIds":["thag19.1:0.1","thag19.1:0.2","thag19.1:0.3","thag19.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 19.1\nPaññāsanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nTālapuṭattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 19.1\nThe Book of the Fifties\nChapter One\nTālapuṭa"}},{"id":"thag19.1:1","sourceIds":["thag19.1:1.1","thag19.1:1.2","thag19.1:1.3","thag19.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kadā nuhaṁ pabbatakandarāsu,\nEkākiyo addutiyo vihassaṁ;\nAniccato sabbabhavaṁ vipassaṁ,\nTaṁ me idaṁ taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I stay in a mountain cave,\nalone, with no companion,\ndiscerning all states of existence as impermanent?\nThis hope of mine, when will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:2","sourceIds":["thag19.1:2.1","thag19.1:2.2","thag19.1:2.3","thag19.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nuhaṁ bhinnapaṭandharo muni,\nKāsāvavattho amamo nirāso;\nRāgañca dosañca tatheva mohaṁ,\nHantvā sukhī pavanagato vihassaṁ.","en":"Oh, when will I stay happily in the forest,\na sage wearing a torn robe, dressed in ocher,\nunselfish, with no need for hope,\nwith greed, hate, and delusion destroyed?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:3","sourceIds":["thag19.1:3.1","thag19.1:3.2","thag19.1:3.3","thag19.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā aniccaṁ vadharoganīḷaṁ,\nKāyaṁ imaṁ maccujarāyupaddutaṁ;\nVipassamāno vītabhayo vihassaṁ,\nEko vane taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I stay alone in the wood,\nfearless, discerning this body as impermanent,\na nest of death and disease,\nharried by death and old age; when will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:4","sourceIds":["thag19.1:4.1","thag19.1:4.2","thag19.1:4.3","thag19.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nuhaṁ bhayajananiṁ dukhāvahaṁ,\nTaṇhālataṁ bahuvidhānuvattaniṁ;\nPaññāmayaṁ tikhiṇamasiṁ gahetvā,\nChetvā vase tampi kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I live, having grasped the sharp sword of wisdom\nand cut the creeper of craving that tangles around everything,\nthe mother of fear, the bringer of suffering?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:5","sourceIds":["thag19.1:5.1","thag19.1:5.2","thag19.1:5.3","thag19.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu paññāmayamuggatejaṁ,\nSatthaṁ isīnaṁ sahasādiyitvā;\nMāraṁ sasenaṁ sahasā bhañjissaṁ,\nSīhāsane taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I, seated on the lion’s throne,\nswiftly grasp the sword of the seers,\nforged by wisdom, of awesome might,\nand swiftly break Māra and his army? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:6","sourceIds":["thag19.1:6.1","thag19.1:6.2","thag19.1:6.3","thag19.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nuhaṁ sabbhi samāgamesu,\nDiṭṭho bhave dhammagarūhi tādibhi;\nYāthāvadassīhi jitindriyehi,\nPadhāniyo taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I be seen in the assemblies\nwith those who are virtuous, unaffected, respecting the Dhamma,\nseeing things as they are, with faculties subdued?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:7","sourceIds":["thag19.1:7.1","thag19.1:7.2","thag19.1:7.3","thag19.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu maṁ tandi khudā pipāsā,\nVātātapā kīṭasarīsapā vā;\nNa bādhayissanti na taṁ giribbaje,\nAtthatthiyaṁ taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I focus on my heart’s goal in the Mountainfold,\nfree of oppression by laziness, hunger, thirst,\nwind, heat, bugs, and reptiles?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:8","sourceIds":["thag19.1:8.1","thag19.1:8.2","thag19.1:8.3","thag19.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu kho yaṁ viditaṁ mahesinā,\nCattāri saccāni sududdasāni;\nSamāhitatto satimā agacchaṁ,\nPaññāya taṁ taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I, serene and mindful,\nunderstand the four truths,\nthat were realized by the great seer,\nand are so very hard to see? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:9","sourceIds":["thag19.1:9.1","thag19.1:9.2","thag19.1:9.3","thag19.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu rūpe amite ca sadde,\nGandhe rase phusitabbe ca dhamme;\nĀdittatohaṁ samathehi yutto,\nPaññāya dacchaṁ tadidaṁ kadā me.","en":"Oh, when will I, devoted to serenity,\nsee with understanding the infinite sights,\nsounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas\nas burning? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:10","sourceIds":["thag19.1:10.1","thag19.1:10.2","thag19.1:10.3","thag19.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nuhaṁ dubbacanena vutto,\nTato nimittaṁ vimano na hessaṁ;\nAtho pasatthopi tato nimittaṁ,\nTuṭṭho na hessaṁ tadidaṁ kadā me.","en":"Oh, when will I not be distraught\nbecause of criticism,\nnor elated because of praise?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:11","sourceIds":["thag19.1:11.1","thag19.1:11.2","thag19.1:11.3","thag19.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu kaṭṭhe ca tiṇe latā ca,\nKhandhe imehaṁ amite ca dhamme;\nAjjhattikāneva ca bāhirāni ca,\nSamaṁ tuleyyaṁ tadidaṁ kadā me.","en":"Oh, when will I discern the aggregates\nand the infinite varieties of phenomena,\nthose interior and exterior, as no more than\nwood, grass, and creepers? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:12","sourceIds":["thag19.1:12.1","thag19.1:12.2","thag19.1:12.3","thag19.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu maṁ pāvusakālamegho,\nNavena toyena sacīvaraṁ vane;\nIsippayātamhi pathe vajantaṁ,\nOvassate taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will the monsoon clouds in season\nfreshly wet me in my robe in the forest,\nwalking the path trodden by the seers?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:13","sourceIds":["thag19.1:13.1","thag19.1:13.2","thag19.1:13.3","thag19.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā mayūrassa sikhaṇḍino vane,\nDijassa sutvā girigabbhare rutaṁ;\nPaccuṭṭhahitvā amatassa pattiyā,\nSañcintaye taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I rise up, intent on attaining freedom from death,\nhearing, in the mountain cave,\nthe cry of the crested peacock in the forest?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:14","sourceIds":["thag19.1:14.1","thag19.1:14.2","thag19.1:14.3","thag19.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu gaṅgaṁ yamunaṁ sarassatiṁ,\nPātālakhittaṁ vaḷavāmukhañca;\nAsajjamāno patareyyamiddhiyā,\nVibhiṁsanaṁ taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I cross by psychic power unobstructed\nthe Ganges, Yamunā, and Sarasvatī;\nand that place where one is thrown in the abyss,\nthe horrifying Mare’s Mouth? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:15","sourceIds":["thag19.1:15.1","thag19.1:15.2","thag19.1:15.3","thag19.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā nu nāgova asaṅgacārī,\nPadālaye kāmaguṇesu chandaṁ;\nNibbajjayaṁ sabbasubhaṁ nimittaṁ,\nJhāne yuto taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I be devoted to absorption,\nshunning all the signs of beauty,\nsplitting apart desire for sensual stimulation,\nlike an elephant that wanders free of ties? When will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:16","sourceIds":["thag19.1:16.1","thag19.1:16.2","thag19.1:16.3","thag19.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kadā iṇaṭṭova daliddako nidhiṁ,\nĀrādhayitvā dhanikehi pīḷito;\nTuṭṭho bhavissaṁ adhigamma sāsanaṁ,\nMahesino taṁ nu kadā bhavissati.","en":"Oh, when will I realize the teaching of the great seer\nand be content, like a pauper in debt\nharassed by creditors, who finds a hidden treasure?\nWhen will it be?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:17","sourceIds":["thag19.1:17.1","thag19.1:17.2","thag19.1:17.3","thag19.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahūni vassāni tayāmhi yācito,\n‘Agāravāsena alaṁ nu te idaṁ’;\nTaṁ dāni maṁ pabbajitaṁ samānaṁ,\nKiṅkāraṇā citta tuvaṁ na yuñjasi.","en":"For many years you begged me,\n“Enough of living in a house for you!”\nWhy do you not urge me on, mind,\nnow that I’ve gone forth as an ascetic?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:18","sourceIds":["thag19.1:18.1","thag19.1:18.2","thag19.1:18.3","thag19.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nanu ahaṁ citta tayāmhi yācito,\n‘Giribbaje citrachadā vihaṅgamā’;\nMahindaghosatthanitābhigajjino,\nTe taṁ ramessanti vanamhi jhāyinaṁ.","en":"Didn’t you entice me, mind:\n“In the Mountainfold, the birds with colorful wings,\ngreeting the thunder, Mahinda’s voice,\nwill delight you as you meditate in the forest?”"}},{"id":"thag19.1:19","sourceIds":["thag19.1:19.1","thag19.1:19.2","thag19.1:19.3","thag19.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kulamhi mitte ca piye ca ñātake,\nKhiḍḍāratiṁ kāmaguṇañca loke;\nSabbaṁ pahāya imamajjhupāgato,\nAthopi tvaṁ citta na mayha tussasi.","en":"In my family circle, friends, loved ones, and relatives;\nand in the world, sports and play, and sensual pleasures;\nall these I gave up when I entered this life:\nand even then you’re not content with me, mind!"}},{"id":"thag19.1:20","sourceIds":["thag19.1:20.1","thag19.1:20.2","thag19.1:20.3","thag19.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mameva etaṁ na hi tvaṁ paresaṁ,\nSannāhakāle paridevitena kiṁ;\nSabbaṁ idaṁ calamiti pekkhamāno,\nAbhinikkhamiṁ amatapadaṁ jigīsaṁ.","en":"This is mine alone, it doesn’t belong to others;\nwhen it is time to don your armor, why lament?\nObserving that all this is unstable,\nI went forth, seeking the state free of death."}},{"id":"thag19.1:21","sourceIds":["thag19.1:21.1","thag19.1:21.2","thag19.1:21.3","thag19.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suyuttavādī dvipadānamuttamo,\nMahābhisakko naradammasārathi;\n‘Cittaṁ calaṁ makkaṭasannibhaṁ iti,\nAvītarāgena sudunnivārayaṁ’.","en":"He whose words are well-composed, supreme among people,\ngreat physician, guide for those fit to train, said:\n“The mind fidgets like a monkey,\nso it’s very hard to control if you are not free of lust.”"}},{"id":"thag19.1:22","sourceIds":["thag19.1:22.1","thag19.1:22.2","thag19.1:22.3","thag19.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmā hi citrā madhurā manoramā,\nAviddasū yattha sitā puthujjanā;\nTe dukkhamicchanti punabbhavesino,\nCittena nītā niraye nirākatā.","en":"Sensual pleasures are diverse, sweet, delightful;\nan ignorant ordinary person is bound to them.\nSeeking to be reborn again, they wish for suffering;\nled on by their mind, they’re banished to hell."}},{"id":"thag19.1:23","sourceIds":["thag19.1:23.1","thag19.1:23.2","thag19.1:23.3","thag19.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Mayūrakoñcābhirutamhi kānane,\nDīpīhi byagghehi purakkhato vasaṁ;\nKāye apekkhaṁ jaha mā virādhaya’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Staying in the grove resounding with cries\nof peacocks and herons, and adorned by leopards and tigers,\nabandon concern for the body, without fail!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:24","sourceIds":["thag19.1:24.1","thag19.1:24.2","thag19.1:24.3","thag19.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Bhāvehi jhānāni ca indriyāni ca,\nBalāni bojjhaṅgasamādhibhāvanā;\nTisso ca vijjā phusa buddhasāsane’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Develop the absorptions and spiritual faculties,\nthe powers, awakening factors, and immersion;\nrealize the three knowledges in the teaching of the Buddha!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:25","sourceIds":["thag19.1:25.1","thag19.1:25.2","thag19.1:25.3","thag19.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Bhāvehi maggaṁ amatassa pattiyā,\nNiyyānikaṁ sabbadukhakkhayogadhaṁ;\nAṭṭhaṅgikaṁ sabbakilesasodhanaṁ’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Develop the eightfold path to realize freedom from death\nemancipating, its objective being the end of all suffering,\nand cleansing all defilements!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:26","sourceIds":["thag19.1:26.1","thag19.1:26.2","thag19.1:26.3","thag19.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Dukkhanti khandhe paṭipassa yoniso,\nYato ca dukkhaṁ samudeti taṁ jaha;\nIdheva dukkhassa karohi antaṁ’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Reflect rationally on the aggregates as suffering,\nand abandon that from which suffering arises;\nmake an end of suffering in this very life!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:27","sourceIds":["thag19.1:27.1","thag19.1:27.2","thag19.1:27.3","thag19.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Aniccaṁ dukkhanti vipassa yoniso,\nSuññaṁ anattāti aghaṁ vadhanti ca;\nManovicāre uparundha cetaso’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Rationally discern that impermanence is suffering,\nthat emptiness is non-self, and that gloom is death.\nUproot the wandering mind!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:28","sourceIds":["thag19.1:28.1","thag19.1:28.2","thag19.1:28.3","thag19.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Muṇḍo virūpo abhisāpamāgato,\nKapālahatthova kulesu bhikkhasu;\nYuñjassu satthuvacane mahesino’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Bald, unsightly, accursed,\nseek alms amongst families, bowl in hand.\nDevote yourself to the word of the Teacher, the great seer!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:29","sourceIds":["thag19.1:29.1","thag19.1:29.2","thag19.1:29.3","thag19.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Susaṁvutatto visikhantare caraṁ,\nKulesu kāmesu asaṅgamānaso;\nCando yathā dosinapuṇṇamāsiyā’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Wander among the street markets well-restrained,\nmentally unchained to families and sensual pleasures,\nlike the full moon on a bright night!”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:30","sourceIds":["thag19.1:30.1","thag19.1:30.2","thag19.1:30.3","thag19.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Āraññiko hohi ca piṇḍapātiko,\nSosāniko hohi ca paṁsukūliko;\nNesajjiko hohi sadā dhute rato’,\nItissu maṁ citta pure niyuñjasi.","en":"“Be a wilderness-dweller and an alms-eater,\none who lives in charnel grounds, a rag-robe wearer,\none who never lies down, always delighting in ascetic practices.”\nSo you used to urge me, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:31","sourceIds":["thag19.1:31.1","thag19.1:31.2","thag19.1:31.3","thag19.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ropetva rukkhāni yathā phalesī,\nMūle taruṁ chettu tameva icchasi;\nTathūpamaṁ cittamidaṁ karosi,\nYaṁ maṁ aniccamhi cale niyuñjasi.","en":"Mind, when you urge me to the impermanent and unstable,\nyou’re acting like someone who plants trees,\nthen, when they’re about to fruit,\nwishes to cut down the very same trees."}},{"id":"thag19.1:32","sourceIds":["thag19.1:32.1","thag19.1:32.2","thag19.1:32.3","thag19.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Arūpa dūraṅgama ekacāri,\nNa te karissaṁ vacanaṁ idānihaṁ;\nDukkhā hi kāmā kaṭukā mahabbhayā,\nNibbānamevābhimano carissaṁ.","en":"Incorporeal mind, far-traveler, lone-wanderer:\nI won’t do your bidding any more.\nSensual pleasures are suffering, painful, and very dangerous;\nI’ll wander with my mind focused only on extinguishment."}},{"id":"thag19.1:33","sourceIds":["thag19.1:33.1","thag19.1:33.2","thag19.1:33.3","thag19.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāhaṁ alakkhyā ahirikkatāya vā,\nNa cittahetū na ca dūrakantanā;\nĀjīvahetū ca ahaṁ na nikkhamiṁ,\nKato ca te citta paṭissavo mayā.","en":"I didn’t go forth due to bad luck or shamelessness,\nor due to a whim or banishment,\nnor for the sake of a livelihood;\nit was because I agreed to the promise you made, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:34","sourceIds":["thag19.1:34.1","thag19.1:34.2","thag19.1:34.3","thag19.1:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Appicchatā sappurisehi vaṇṇitā,\nMakkhappahānaṁ vupasamo dukhassa’;\nItissu maṁ citta tadā niyuñjasi,\nIdāni tvaṁ gacchasi pubbaciṇṇaṁ.","en":"“Having few wishes, abandoning disparagement,\nthe settling of suffering: these are praised by true persons.”\nSo you used to urge me, mind,\nbut now you keep on with your old habits!"}},{"id":"thag19.1:35","sourceIds":["thag19.1:35.1","thag19.1:35.2","thag19.1:35.3","thag19.1:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṇhā avijjā ca piyāpiyañca,\nSubhāni rūpāni sukhā ca vedanā;\nManāpiyā kāmaguṇā ca vantā,\nVante ahaṁ āvamituṁ na ussahe.","en":"Craving, ignorance, the loved and unloved,\npretty sights, pleasant feelings,\nand the delightful kinds of sensual stimulation:\nI’ve vomited them up, I can’t swallow them back."}},{"id":"thag19.1:36","sourceIds":["thag19.1:36.1","thag19.1:36.2","thag19.1:36.3","thag19.1:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha te citta vaco kataṁ mayā,\nBahūsu jātīsu na mesi kopito;\nAjjhattasambhavo kataññutāya te,\nDukkhe ciraṁ saṁsaritaṁ tayā kate.","en":"I’ve done your bidding everywhere, mind!\nFor many births, I’ve done nothing to upset you.\nYet the creation in myself is because of your ingratitude—\nfor a long time I’ve transmigrated in the suffering you’ve made."}},{"id":"thag19.1:37","sourceIds":["thag19.1:37.1","thag19.1:37.2","thag19.1:37.3","thag19.1:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tvaññeva no citta karosi brāhmaṇo,\nTvaṁ khattiyo rājadasī karosi;\nVessā ca suddā ca bhavāma ekadā,\nDevattanaṁ vāpi taveva vāhasā.","en":"Only you, mind, make a brahmin;\nyou make an aristocrat or a royal seer.\nSometimes we become peasants or menials;\nand life as a god is also on account of you."}},{"id":"thag19.1:38","sourceIds":["thag19.1:38.1","thag19.1:38.2","thag19.1:38.3","thag19.1:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taveva hetū asurā bhavāmase,\nTvaṁmūlakaṁ nerayikā bhavāmase;\nAtho tiracchānagatāpi ekadā,\nPetattanaṁ vāpi taveva vāhasā.","en":"You alone make us titans;\nbecause of you we’re born in hell.\nThen sometimes we become animals,\nand life as a ghost is also on account of you."}},{"id":"thag19.1:39","sourceIds":["thag19.1:39.1","thag19.1:39.2","thag19.1:39.3","thag19.1:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nanu dubbhissasi maṁ punappunaṁ,\nMuhuṁ muhuṁ cāraṇikaṁva dassayaṁ;\nUmmattakeneva mayā palobhasi,\nKiñcāpi te citta virādhitaṁ mayā.","en":"Come what may, you won’t betray me again,\ndazzling me with your ever-changing display!\nYou play with me like I’m mad—\nbut how have I ever failed you, mind?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:40","sourceIds":["thag19.1:40.1","thag19.1:40.2","thag19.1:40.3","thag19.1:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,\nYenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;\nTadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,\nHatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho.","en":"In the past my mind wandered\nhow it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.\nNow I’ll carefully guide it,\nas a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant."}},{"id":"thag19.1:41","sourceIds":["thag19.1:41.1","thag19.1:41.2","thag19.1:41.3","thag19.1:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satthā ca me lokamimaṁ adhiṭṭhahi,\nAniccato addhuvato asārato;\nPakkhanda maṁ citta jinassa sāsane,\nTārehi oghā mahatā suduttarā.","en":"The teacher willed that this world appear to me\nas impermanent, unstable, insubstantial.\nMind, let me leap into the victor’s teaching,\ncarry me over the great flood, so hard to pass."}},{"id":"thag19.1:42","sourceIds":["thag19.1:42.1","thag19.1:42.2","thag19.1:42.3","thag19.1:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na te idaṁ citta yathā purāṇakaṁ,\nNāhaṁ alaṁ tuyha vase nivattituṁ;\nMahesino pabbajitomhi sāsane,\nNa mādisā honti vināsadhārino.","en":"Things have changed, mind!\nNothing could make me return to your control!\nI’ve gone forth in the teaching of the great seer,\nthose like me don’t come to ruin."}},{"id":"thag19.1:43","sourceIds":["thag19.1:43.1","thag19.1:43.2","thag19.1:43.3","thag19.1:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nagā samuddā saritā vasundharā,\nDisā catasso vidisā adho divā;\nSabbe aniccā tibhavā upaddutā,\nKuhiṁ gato citta sukhaṁ ramissasi.","en":"Mountains, oceans, rivers, the earth;\nthe four quarters, the intermediate directions, below and in the sky;\nthe three realms of existence are all impermanent and harried—\nwhere can you go to find happiness, mind?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:44","sourceIds":["thag19.1:44.1","thag19.1:44.2","thag19.1:44.3","thag19.1:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhitipparaṁ kiṁ mama citta kāhisi,\nNa te alaṁ citta vasānuvattako;\nNa jātu bhastaṁ ubhatomukhaṁ chupe,\nDhiratthu pūraṁ nava sotasandaniṁ.","en":"Mind, what will you do to someone who has made the ultimate commitment?\nNothing could make me a follower under your control, mind;\nI’d never touch a bellows with a mouth open at each end;\ncurse this mortal frame flowing with nine streams!"}},{"id":"thag19.1:45","sourceIds":["thag19.1:45.1","thag19.1:45.2","thag19.1:45.3","thag19.1:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Varāhaeṇeyyavigāḷhasevite,\nPabbhārakuṭṭe pakateva sundare;\nNavambunā pāvusasitthakānane,\nTahiṁ guhāgehagato ramissasi.","en":"You’ve ascended the mountain peak, full of nature’s beauty,\nfrequented by boars and antelopes,\na grove sprinkled with fresh water in the monsoon;\nand there you’ll be happy in your cave-home."}},{"id":"thag19.1:46","sourceIds":["thag19.1:46.1","thag19.1:46.2","thag19.1:46.3","thag19.1:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sunīlagīvā susikhā supekhunā,\nSucittapattacchadanā vihaṅgamā;\nSumañjughosatthanitābhigajjino,\nTe taṁ ramessanti vanamhi jhāyinaṁ.","en":"Peacocks with beautiful necks and crests,\ncolorful tail-feathers and wings,\ncrying out at the resounding thunder:\nthey’ll delight you as you meditate in the forest."}},{"id":"thag19.1:47","sourceIds":["thag19.1:47.1","thag19.1:47.2","thag19.1:47.3","thag19.1:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vuṭṭhamhi deve caturaṅgule tiṇe,\nSampupphite meghanibhamhi kānane;\nNagantare viṭapisamo sayissaṁ,\nTaṁ me mudū hehiti tūlasannibhaṁ.","en":"When the heavens have rained, and the grass is four inches high,\nand the grove is full of flowers like a cloud,\nbetween the mountains, like the fork of a tree, I’ll lie;\nit will be as soft as cotton-buds."}},{"id":"thag19.1:48","sourceIds":["thag19.1:48.1","thag19.1:48.2","thag19.1:48.3","thag19.1:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tathā tu kassāmi yathāpi issaro,\nYaṁ labbhati tenapi hotu me alaṁ;\nNa tāhaṁ kassāmi yathā atandito,\nBiḷārabhastaṁva yathā sumadditaṁ.","en":"I’ll act rather as a master does:\nlet whatever I get be enough for me.\nAnd that’s why I’ll make you as supple\nas a tireless worker makes a cat-skin bag."}},{"id":"thag19.1:49","sourceIds":["thag19.1:49.1","thag19.1:49.2","thag19.1:49.3","thag19.1:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tathā tu kassāmi yathāpi issaro,\nYaṁ labbhati tenapi hotu me alaṁ;\nViriyena taṁ mayha vasānayissaṁ,\nGajaṁva mattaṁ kusalaṅkusaggaho.","en":"I’ll act rather as a master does:\nlet whatever I get be enough for me.\nI’ll control you with my energy,\nas a skilled trainer controls an elephant with a hook."}},{"id":"thag19.1:50","sourceIds":["thag19.1:50.1","thag19.1:50.2","thag19.1:50.3","thag19.1:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tayā sudantena avaṭṭhitena hi,\nHayena yoggācariyova ujjunā;\nPahomi maggaṁ paṭipajjituṁ sivaṁ,\nCittānurakkhīhi sadā nisevitaṁ.","en":"Now that you’re well-tamed and reliable,\nI can use you, like a trainer uses a straight-running horse,\nto practice the path of grace,\ncultivated by those who take care of their minds."}},{"id":"thag19.1:51","sourceIds":["thag19.1:51.1","thag19.1:51.2","thag19.1:51.3","thag19.1:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ārammaṇe taṁ balasā nibandhisaṁ,\nNāgaṁva thambhamhi daḷhāya rajjuyā;\nTaṁ me suguttaṁ satiyā subhāvitaṁ,\nAnissitaṁ sabbabhavesu hehisi.","en":"I shall strongly fasten you to a meditation subject,\nas an elephant is tied to a post with firm rope.\nYou’ll be well-guarded by me, well-developed by mindfulness,\nand unattached to rebirth in all states of existence."}},{"id":"thag19.1:52","sourceIds":["thag19.1:52.1","thag19.1:52.2","thag19.1:52.3","thag19.1:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paññāya chetvā vipathānusārinaṁ,\nYogena niggayha pathe nivesiya;\nDisvā samudayaṁ vibhavañca sambhavaṁ,\nDāyādako hehisi aggavādino.","en":"With wisdom you’ll cut short the one following the wrong path,\ncurb them by meditation, and settle them on the right path.\nHaving seen arising and passing away with respect to the cause of suffering,\nyou’ll be an heir to the greatest teacher."}},{"id":"thag19.1:53","sourceIds":["thag19.1:53.1","thag19.1:53.2","thag19.1:53.3","thag19.1:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Catubbipallāsavasaṁ adhiṭṭhitaṁ,\nGāmaṇḍalaṁva parinesi citta maṁ;\nNanu saṁyojanabandhanacchidaṁ,\nSaṁsevase kāruṇikaṁ mahāmuniṁ.","en":"Under the sway of the four distortions, mind,\nyou dragged me around like a bull in a pit;\nbut now you won’t associate with the great sage of compassion,\nthe cutter of fetters and bonds?"}},{"id":"thag19.1:54","sourceIds":["thag19.1:54.1","thag19.1:54.2","thag19.1:54.3","thag19.1:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Migo yathā seri sucittakānane,\nRammaṁ giriṁ pāvusaabbhamāliniṁ;\nAnākule tattha nage ramissaṁ,\nAsaṁsayaṁ citta parā bhavissasi.","en":"Like a deer roaming free in the colorful forest,\nI’ll ascend the lovely mountain wreathed in monsoon clouds,\nand rejoice to be on that hill, free of folk—\nthere is no doubt you’ll perish, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:55","sourceIds":["thag19.1:55.1","thag19.1:55.2","thag19.1:55.3","thag19.1:55.4","thag19.1:55.5","thag19.1:55.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye tuyha chandena vasena vattino,\nNarā ca nārī ca anubhonti yaṁ sukhaṁ;\nAviddasū māravasānuvattino,\nBhavābhinandī tava citta sāvakā”ti.\n… Tālapuṭo thero …\nPaññāsanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"The men and women who live under your will and command,\nwhatever pleasure they experience,\nthey are ignorant and fall under Māra’s control;\nloving life, they’re your disciples, mind."}},{"id":"thag19.1:56","sourceIds":["thag19.1:56.0","thag19.1:56.1","thag19.1:56.2","thag19.1:56.3","thag19.1:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nPaññāsamhi nipātamhi,\neko tālapuṭo suci;\nGāthāyo tattha paññāsa,\npuna pañca ca uttarīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag19.1/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}