{"id":"thag21.1","title":"Vaṅgīsa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag21.1","title":"Vaṅgīsa","units":[{"id":"thag21.1:0","sourceIds":["thag21.1:0.1","thag21.1:0.2","thag21.1:0.3","thag21.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 21.1\nMahānipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nVaṅgīsattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 21.1\nThe Great Book\nChapter One\nVaṅgīsa"}},{"id":"thag21.1:1","sourceIds":["thag21.1:1.1","thag21.1:1.2","thag21.1:1.3","thag21.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nikkhantaṁ vata maṁ santaṁ,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nVitakkā upadhāvanti,\npagabbhā kaṇhato ime.","en":"“Now that I’ve renounced\nthe lay life for homelessness,\nI’m overrun\nby the rude thoughts of the Dark One."}},{"id":"thag21.1:2","sourceIds":["thag21.1:2.1","thag21.1:2.2","thag21.1:2.3","thag21.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uggaputtā mahissāsā,\nsikkhitā daḷhadhammino;\nSamantā parikireyyuṁ,\nsahassaṁ apalāyinaṁ.","en":"Even if a thousand warrior chiefs and great archers,\nwell trained, with strong bows,\nwere to completely surround me;\nI would never flee."}},{"id":"thag21.1:3","sourceIds":["thag21.1:3.1","thag21.1:3.2","thag21.1:3.3","thag21.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sacepi ettakā bhiyyo,\nāgamissanti itthiyo;\nNeva maṁ byādhayissanti,\ndhamme samhi patiṭṭhito.","en":"And even if women come,\nmany more than that,\nthey won’t bother me,\nfor I stand firm in the teaching."}},{"id":"thag21.1:4","sourceIds":["thag21.1:4.1","thag21.1:4.2","thag21.1:4.3","thag21.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sakkhī hi me sutaṁ etaṁ,\nbuddhassādiccabandhuno;\nNibbānagamanaṁ maggaṁ,\ntattha me nirato mano.","en":"I heard with my own ears\nfrom the Buddha, Kinsman of the Sun,\nabout the path going to extinguishment;\nthat’s what delights my mind."}},{"id":"thag21.1:5","sourceIds":["thag21.1:5.1","thag21.1:5.2","thag21.1:5.3","thag21.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evañce maṁ viharantaṁ,\npāpima upagacchasi;\nTathā maccu karissāmi,\nna me maggampi dakkhasi.","en":"Wicked One, if you come near me\nas I meditate like this,\nI’ll make sure that you, Death,\nwon’t even see the path I take.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:6","sourceIds":["thag21.1:6.1","thag21.1:6.2","thag21.1:6.3","thag21.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aratiñca ratiñca pahāya,\nSabbaso gehasitañca vitakkaṁ;\nVanathaṁ na kareyya kuhiñci,\nNibbanatho avanatho sa bhikkhu.","en":"“Giving up desire and discontent,\nalong with all thought of domestic life,\nthey wouldn’t get snarled in anything;\nunsnarled, free of snarls: that’s a real mendicant."}},{"id":"thag21.1:7","sourceIds":["thag21.1:7.1","thag21.1:7.2","thag21.1:7.3","thag21.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yamidha pathaviñca vehāsaṁ,\nRūpagataṁ jagatogadhaṁ kiñci;\nParijīyati sabbamaniccaṁ,\nEvaṁ samecca caranti mutattā.","en":"Whatever here is included in form—\non earth, in the sky, or in planet’s deep—\nwears out, it is all impermanent:\nthe self-examined live having comprehended this."}},{"id":"thag21.1:8","sourceIds":["thag21.1:8.1","thag21.1:8.2","thag21.1:8.3","thag21.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upadhīsu janā gadhitāse,\nDiṭṭhasute paṭighe ca mute ca;\nEttha vinodaya chandamanejo,\nYo hettha na limpati muni tamāhu.","en":"People are bound to their attachments,\nto impingement of the seen and heard, and to what is thought.\nUnstirred, dispel desire for these things;\nfor one called ‘a sage’ does not cling to them."}},{"id":"thag21.1:9","sourceIds":["thag21.1:9.1","thag21.1:9.2","thag21.1:9.3","thag21.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha saṭṭhisitā savitakkā,\nPuthujjanatāya adhammā niviṭṭhā;\nNa ca vaggagatassa kuhiñci,\nNo pana duṭṭhullagāhī sa bhikkhu.","en":"Trapped in the sixty wrong views, full of their own opinions,\nordinary people are fixed in wrong principles.\nBut that mendicant wouldn’t join a sect,\nstill less would they utter lewd speech."}},{"id":"thag21.1:10","sourceIds":["thag21.1:10.1","thag21.1:10.2","thag21.1:10.3","thag21.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dabbo cirarattasamāhito,\nAkuhako nipako apihālu;\nSantaṁ padaṁ ajjhagamā muni,\nPaṭicca parinibbuto kaṅkhati kālaṁ.","en":"Proficient, long serene,\nfree of deceit, alert, without envy,\nthe sage has reached the state of peace;\nquenched, he awaits his time.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:11","sourceIds":["thag21.1:11.1","thag21.1:11.2","thag21.1:11.3","thag21.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mānaṁ pajahassu gotama,\nMānapathañca jahassu asesaṁ;\nMānapathamhi sa mucchito,\nVippaṭisārīhuvā cirarattaṁ.","en":"“Give up conceit, Gotama!\nCompletely abandon the different kinds of conceit!\nBesotted with the different kinds of conceit,\nyou’ve had regrets for a long time."}},{"id":"thag21.1:12","sourceIds":["thag21.1:12.1","thag21.1:12.2","thag21.1:12.3","thag21.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Makkhena makkhitā pajā,\nMānahatā nirayaṁ papatanti;\nSocanti janā cirarattaṁ,\nMānahatā nirayaṁ upapannā.","en":"Smeared by smears and slain by conceit,\npeople fall into hell.\nWhen people slain by conceit are reborn in hell,\nthey grieve for a long time."}},{"id":"thag21.1:13","sourceIds":["thag21.1:13.1","thag21.1:13.2","thag21.1:13.3","thag21.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hi socati bhikkhu kadāci,\nMaggajino sammā paṭipanno;\nKittiñca sukhañcānubhoti,\nDhammadasoti tamāhu tathattaṁ.","en":"But a mendicant who practices rightly,\na path-victor, never grieves.\nThey enjoy happiness and a good reputation,\nand they rightly call him a ‘Seer of Truth’."}},{"id":"thag21.1:14","sourceIds":["thag21.1:14.1","thag21.1:14.2","thag21.1:14.3","thag21.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā akhilo idha padhānavā,\nNīvaraṇāni pahāya visuddho;\nMānañca pahāya asesaṁ,\nVijjāyantakaro samitāvī”.","en":"So being not hard-hearted, but energetic,\nwith hindrances given up, pure;\nand having completely given up conceit,\nthe one who makes an end with knowledge is assuaged.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:15","sourceIds":["thag21.1:15.1","thag21.1:15.2","thag21.1:15.3","thag21.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāmarāgena ḍayhāmi,\ncittaṁ me pariḍayhati;\nSādhu nibbāpanaṁ brūhi,\nanukampāya gotama”.","en":"“I’ve got a burning desire for pleasure;\nmy mind is on fire!\nPlease, out of compassion, Gotama,\ntell me how to quench the flames.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:16","sourceIds":["thag21.1:16.1","thag21.1:16.2","thag21.1:16.3","thag21.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saññāya vipariyesā,\ncittaṁ te pariḍayhati;\nNimittaṁ parivajjehi,\nsubhaṁ rāgūpasaṁhitaṁ. (…)","en":"“Your mind is on fire\nbecause of a perversion of perception.\nTurn away from the sign\nthat’s attractive, provoking lust."}},{"id":"thag21.1:17","sourceIds":["thag21.1:17.1","thag21.1:17.2","thag21.1:17.3","thag21.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asubhāya cittaṁ bhāvehi,\nekaggaṁ susamāhitaṁ;\nSati kāyagatā tyatthu,\nnibbidābahulo bhava.","en":"With your mind unified and serene,\nmeditate on the ugly aspects of the body.\nWith mindfulness immersed in the body,\nbe full of disillusionment."}},{"id":"thag21.1:18","sourceIds":["thag21.1:18.1","thag21.1:18.2","thag21.1:18.3","thag21.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Animittañca bhāvehi,\nmānānusayamujjaha;\nTato mānābhisamayā,\nupasanto carissasi”.","en":"Meditate on the signless,\ngive up the tendency to conceit;\nand when you comprehend conceit,\nyou will live at peace.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:19","sourceIds":["thag21.1:19.1","thag21.1:19.2","thag21.1:19.3","thag21.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tameva vācaṁ bhāseyya,\nyāyattānaṁ na tāpaye;\nPare ca na vihiṁseyya,\nsā ve vācā subhāsitā.","en":"“Speak only those words\nthat do not hurt yourself\nnor harm others;\nsuch speech is truly well spoken."}},{"id":"thag21.1:20","sourceIds":["thag21.1:20.1","thag21.1:20.2","thag21.1:20.3","thag21.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piyavācameva bhāseyya,\nyā vācā paṭinanditā;\nYaṁ anādāya pāpāni,\nparesaṁ bhāsate piyaṁ.","en":"Speak only pleasing words,\nwords gladly welcomed.\nPleasing words are those\nthat bring nothing bad to others."}},{"id":"thag21.1:21","sourceIds":["thag21.1:21.1","thag21.1:21.2","thag21.1:21.3","thag21.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccaṁ ve amatā vācā,\nesa dhammo sanantano;\nSacce atthe ca dhamme ca,\nāhu santo patiṭṭhitā.","en":"Truth itself is undying speech:\nthis is an ancient teaching.\nGood people say the teaching and meaning\nare grounded in truth."}},{"id":"thag21.1:22","sourceIds":["thag21.1:22.1","thag21.1:22.2","thag21.1:22.3","thag21.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ buddho bhāsati vācaṁ,\nkhemaṁ nibbānapattiyā;\nDukkhassantakiriyāya,\nsā ve vācānamuttamā”.","en":"The words spoken by the Buddha\nfor finding the sanctuary, extinguishment,\nfor making an end of suffering:\nthis really is the best kind of speech.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:23","sourceIds":["thag21.1:23.1","thag21.1:23.2","thag21.1:23.3","thag21.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Gambhīrapañño medhāvī,\nmaggāmaggassa kovido;\nSāriputto mahāpañño,\ndhammaṁ deseti bhikkhunaṁ.","en":"“Deep in wisdom, intelligent,\nexpert in the path and what is not the path;\nSāriputta, so greatly wise,\nteaches Dhamma to the mendicants."}},{"id":"thag21.1:24","sourceIds":["thag21.1:24.1","thag21.1:24.2","thag21.1:24.3","thag21.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saṅkhittenapi deseti,\nvitthārenapi bhāsati;\nSālikāyiva nigghoso,\npaṭibhānaṁ udiyyati.","en":"He teaches in brief,\nor he speaks at length.\nHis call, like a myna bird,\noverflows with inspiration."}},{"id":"thag21.1:25","sourceIds":["thag21.1:25.1","thag21.1:25.2","thag21.1:25.3","thag21.1:25.4","thag21.1:25.5","thag21.1:25.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa taṁ desayantassa,\nsuṇanti madhuraṁ giraṁ;\nSarena rajanīyena,\nsavanīyena vaggunā;\nUdaggacittā muditā,\nsotaṁ odhenti bhikkhavo”.","en":"While he teaches\nthe mendicants listen to his sweet voice,\nsounding attractive,\nclear and graceful.\nThey listen joyfully,\ntheir hearts elated.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:26","sourceIds":["thag21.1:26.1","thag21.1:26.2","thag21.1:26.3","thag21.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ajja pannarase visuddhiyā,\nBhikkhū pañcasatā samāgatā;\nSaṁyojanabandhanacchidā,\nAnīghā khīṇapunabbhavā isī.","en":"“Today, on the fifteenth day sabbath,\nfive hundred monks have gathered together to purify their precepts.\nThese untroubled sages have cut off their fetters and bonds,\nthey will not be reborn again."}},{"id":"thag21.1:27","sourceIds":["thag21.1:27.1","thag21.1:27.2","thag21.1:27.3","thag21.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cakkavattī yathā rājā,\namaccaparivārito;\nSamantā anupariyeti,\nsāgarantaṁ mahiṁ imaṁ.","en":"Just as a wheel-rolling monarch\nsurrounded by ministers\ntravels all around this\nland that’s girt by sea."}},{"id":"thag21.1:28","sourceIds":["thag21.1:28.1","thag21.1:28.2","thag21.1:28.3","thag21.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ vijitasaṅgāmaṁ,\nsatthavāhaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nSāvakā payirupāsanti,\ntevijjā maccuhāyino.","en":"So disciples with the three knowledges,\nconquerors of death,\nrevere the winner of the battle,\nthe unsurpassed caravan leader."}},{"id":"thag21.1:29","sourceIds":["thag21.1:29.1","thag21.1:29.2","thag21.1:29.3","thag21.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe bhagavato puttā,\npalāpettha na vijjati;\nTaṇhāsallassa hantāraṁ,\nvande ādiccabandhunaṁ.","en":"All are sons of the Blessed One—\nthere is no rubbish here.\nI bow to the Kinsman of the Sun,\ndestroyer of the dart of craving.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:30","sourceIds":["thag21.1:30.1","thag21.1:30.2","thag21.1:30.3","thag21.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Parosahassaṁ bhikkhūnaṁ,\nsugataṁ payirupāsati;\nDesentaṁ virajaṁ dhammaṁ,\nnibbānaṁ akutobhayaṁ.","en":"“Over a thousand mendicants\nrevere the Holy One\nas he teaches the immaculate Dhamma,\nextinguishment, fearing nothing from any quarter."}},{"id":"thag21.1:31","sourceIds":["thag21.1:31.1","thag21.1:31.2","thag21.1:31.3","thag21.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Suṇanti dhammaṁ vimalaṁ,\nsammāsambuddhadesitaṁ;\nSobhati vata sambuddho,\nbhikkhusaṅghapurakkhato.","en":"They listen to the immaculate Dhamma\ntaught by the fully awakened Buddha;\nthe Buddha shines\nat the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha."}},{"id":"thag21.1:32","sourceIds":["thag21.1:32.1","thag21.1:32.2","thag21.1:32.3","thag21.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Nāganāmo’si bhagavā,\nisīnaṁ isisattamo;\nMahāmeghova hutvāna,\nsāvake abhivassasi.","en":"Blessed One, your name is ‘Giant’,\nseventh of the seers.\nYou are like a great cloud\nthat rains on your disciples."}},{"id":"thag21.1:33","sourceIds":["thag21.1:33.1","thag21.1:33.2","thag21.1:33.3","thag21.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Divā vihārā nikkhamma,\nsatthudassanakamyatā;\nSāvako te mahāvīra,\npāde vandati vaṅgiso”.","en":"I’ve left my day’s meditation,\nout of desire to see the Teacher.\nGreat hero, your disciple Vaṅgīsa\nbows at your feet.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:34","sourceIds":["thag21.1:34.1","thag21.1:34.2","thag21.1:34.3","thag21.1:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ummaggapathaṁ mārassa,\nAbhibhuyya carati pabhijja khīlāni;\nTaṁ passatha bandhapamuñcakaraṁ,\nAsitaṁva bhāgaso pavibhajja.","en":"“Having overcome Māra’s wrong path,\nyou wander with hard-heartedness dissolved.\nSee him, the liberator from bonds,\ndissecting the unattached section by section."}},{"id":"thag21.1:35","sourceIds":["thag21.1:35.1","thag21.1:35.2","thag21.1:35.3","thag21.1:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Oghassa hi nitaraṇatthaṁ,\nAnekavihitaṁ maggaṁ akkhāsi;\nTasmiñca amate akkhāte,\nDhammadasā ṭhitā asaṁhīrā.","en":"You have explained in many ways\nthe path to cross the flood.\nThe Seers of Truth stand unfaltering\nin the freedom from death explained by you."}},{"id":"thag21.1:36","sourceIds":["thag21.1:36.1","thag21.1:36.2","thag21.1:36.3","thag21.1:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pajjotakaro ativijjha,\nSabbaṭhitīnaṁ atikkamamaddasa;\nÑatvā ca sacchikatvā ca,\nAggaṁ so desayi dasaddhānaṁ.","en":"As the bringer of light who has pierced the truth,\nyou’ve seen what lies beyond all planes.\nWhen you saw and realized this for yourself,\nyou taught it first to the group of five."}},{"id":"thag21.1:37","sourceIds":["thag21.1:37.1","thag21.1:37.2","thag21.1:37.3","thag21.1:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ sudesite dhamme,\nKo pamādo vijānataṁ dhammaṁ;\nTasmā hi tassa bhagavato sāsane,\nAppamatto sadā namassamanusikkhe”.","en":"When the Dhamma has been so well taught,\nhow could those who know it be negligent?\nThat’s why, being diligent, we should always train\nrespectfully in the Buddha’s teaching.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:38","sourceIds":["thag21.1:38.1","thag21.1:38.2","thag21.1:38.3","thag21.1:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Buddhānubuddho yo thero,\nkoṇḍañño tibbanikkamo;\nLābhī sukhavihārānaṁ,\nvivekānaṁ abhiṇhaso.","en":"“The senior monk  awakened after the Buddha,\nKoṇḍañña, is keenly energetic.\nHe regularly gains\nthe blissful meditations of seclusion."}},{"id":"thag21.1:39","sourceIds":["thag21.1:39.1","thag21.1:39.2","thag21.1:39.3","thag21.1:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yaṁ sāvakena pattabbaṁ,\nsatthu sāsanakārinā;\nSabbassa taṁ anuppattaṁ,\nappamattassa sikkhato.","en":"Whatever can be attained by a disciple\nwho does the Teacher’s bidding,\nhe has attained it all,\nthrough diligently training himself."}},{"id":"thag21.1:40","sourceIds":["thag21.1:40.1","thag21.1:40.2","thag21.1:40.3","thag21.1:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mahānubhāvo tevijjo,\ncetopariyakovido;\nKoṇḍañño buddhadāyādo,\npāde vandati satthuno”.","en":"With great power and the three knowledges,\nexpert in encompassing the minds of others,\nKoṇḍañña, the heir to the Buddha,\nbows at the Teacher’s feet.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:41","sourceIds":["thag21.1:41.1","thag21.1:41.2","thag21.1:41.3","thag21.1:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nagassa passe āsīnaṁ,\nmuniṁ dukkhassa pāraguṁ;\nSāvakā payirupāsanti,\ntevijjā maccuhāyino.","en":"“As the sage, who has gone beyond suffering,\nsits upon the mountain slope,\nhe is revered by disciples with the three knowledges,\nconquerors of death."}},{"id":"thag21.1:42","sourceIds":["thag21.1:42.1","thag21.1:42.2","thag21.1:42.3","thag21.1:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cetasā anupariyeti,\nmoggallāno mahiddhiko;\nCittaṁ nesaṁ samanvesaṁ,\nvippamuttaṁ nirūpadhiṁ.","en":"Moggallāna, of great psychic power,\nencompasses with his mind,\nscrutinizing their minds,\nliberated, free of attachments."}},{"id":"thag21.1:43","sourceIds":["thag21.1:43.1","thag21.1:43.2","thag21.1:43.3","thag21.1:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ sabbaṅgasampannaṁ,\nmuniṁ dukkhassa pāraguṁ;\nAnekākārasampannaṁ,\npayirupāsanti gotamaṁ”.","en":"That is how those endowed with many fine qualities\nrevere Gotama,\nthe sage gone beyond suffering,\nperfect in every respect.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:44","sourceIds":["thag21.1:44.1","thag21.1:44.2","thag21.1:44.3","thag21.1:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cando yathā vigatavalāhake nabhe,\nVirocati vītamalova bhāṇumā;\nEvampi aṅgīrasa tvaṁ mahāmuni,\nAtirocasi yasasā sabbalokaṁ”.","en":"“Like the moon on a cloudless night,\nlike the shining immaculate sun,\nso too Aṅgīrasa, O great sage,\nyour glory outshines the entire world.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:45","sourceIds":["thag21.1:45.1","thag21.1:45.2","thag21.1:45.3","thag21.1:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāveyyamattā vicarimha pubbe,\nGāmā gāmaṁ purā puraṁ;\nAthaddasāma sambuddhaṁ,\nSabbadhammāna pāraguṁ.","en":"“We used to wander, drunk on poetry,\nfrom village to village, town to town.\nThen we saw the Buddha,\nwho has gone beyond all things."}},{"id":"thag21.1:46","sourceIds":["thag21.1:46.1","thag21.1:46.2","thag21.1:46.3","thag21.1:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So me dhammamadesesi,\nmuni dukkhassa pāragū;\nDhammaṁ sutvā pasīdimha,\nsaddhā no udapajjatha.","en":"He, the sage gone beyond suffering,\ntaught me the Dhamma.\nWhen we heard the Dhamma, we became confident—\nfaith arose in us."}},{"id":"thag21.1:47","sourceIds":["thag21.1:47.1","thag21.1:47.2","thag21.1:47.3","thag21.1:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nkhandhe āyatanāni ca;\nDhātuyo ca viditvāna,\npabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.","en":"Hearing him speak of\nthe aggregates, the sense-fields,\nand the elements, I understood;\nand then I went forth to homelessness."}},{"id":"thag21.1:48","sourceIds":["thag21.1:48.1","thag21.1:48.2","thag21.1:48.3","thag21.1:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bahūnaṁ vata atthāya,\nuppajjanti tathāgatā;\nItthīnaṁ purisānañca,\nye te sāsanakārakā.","en":"It is for the benefit of many\nthat the Realized Ones arise—\nthe men and women\nwho follow their instructions."}},{"id":"thag21.1:49","sourceIds":["thag21.1:49.1","thag21.1:49.2","thag21.1:49.3","thag21.1:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tesaṁ kho vata atthāya,\nbodhimajjhagamā muni;\nBhikkhūnaṁ bhikkhunīnañca,\nye nirāmagataddasā.","en":"It is truly for their benefit\nthat the sage realized awakening—\nfor the monks and for the nuns\nwho see that they’ve reached certainty."}},{"id":"thag21.1:50","sourceIds":["thag21.1:50.1","thag21.1:50.2","thag21.1:50.3","thag21.1:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sudesitā cakkhumatā,\nbuddhenādiccabandhunā;\nCattāri ariyasaccāni,\nanukampāya pāṇinaṁ.","en":"The Clear-eyed One, the Buddha,\nthe Kinsman of the Sun,\nhas well taught the four noble truths\nout of sympathy for living creatures."}},{"id":"thag21.1:51","sourceIds":["thag21.1:51.1","thag21.1:51.2","thag21.1:51.3","thag21.1:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,\nDukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;\nAriyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\nDukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"Suffering, suffering’s origin,\nsuffering’s transcendence,\nand the noble eightfold path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"thag21.1:52","sourceIds":["thag21.1:52.1","thag21.1:52.2","thag21.1:52.3","thag21.1:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamete tathā vuttā,\ndiṭṭhā me te yathā tathā;\nSadattho me anuppatto,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"As these things were taught,\nso I have seen them.\nI’ve realized my heart’s goal,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thag21.1:53","sourceIds":["thag21.1:53.1","thag21.1:53.2","thag21.1:53.3","thag21.1:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Svāgataṁ vata me āsi,\nmama buddhassa santike;\nSuvibhattesu dhammesu,\nyaṁ seṭṭhaṁ tadupāgamiṁ.","en":"It was so welcome for me\nto be in the presence of the Buddha.\nOf the well-explained teachings,\nI arrived at the best."}},{"id":"thag21.1:54","sourceIds":["thag21.1:54.1","thag21.1:54.2","thag21.1:54.3","thag21.1:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Abhiññāpāramippatto,\nsotadhātu visodhitā;\nTevijjo iddhipattomhi,\ncetopariyakovido”.","en":"I’ve realized the perfection of direct knowledge;\nmy clairaudience is purified;\nI am master of three knowledges, attained in psychic power,\nI’m expert at reading the minds of others.”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:55","sourceIds":["thag21.1:55.1","thag21.1:55.2","thag21.1:55.3","thag21.1:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pucchāmi satthāramanomapaññaṁ,\nDiṭṭheva dhamme yo vicikicchānaṁ chettā;\nAggāḷave kālamakāsi bhikkhu,\nÑāto yasassī abhinibbutatto.","en":"“I ask the Teacher unrivaled in wisdom,\nwho has cut off all doubts in this very life:\na monk has died at Āḷavī’s premier shrine,\nwho was well-known, famous, and quenched."}},{"id":"thag21.1:56","sourceIds":["thag21.1:56.1","thag21.1:56.2","thag21.1:56.3","thag21.1:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nigrodhakappo iti tassa nāmaṁ,\nTayā kataṁ bhagavā brāhmaṇassa;\nSo taṁ namassaṁ acari mutyapekho,\nĀraddhavīriyo daḷhadhammadassī.","en":"Nigrodhakappa was his name;\nit was given to that brahmin by you, Blessed One.\nHe wandered in your honor, yearning for freedom,\nenergetic, a resolute Seer of Truth."}},{"id":"thag21.1:57","sourceIds":["thag21.1:57.1","thag21.1:57.2","thag21.1:57.3","thag21.1:57.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ sāvakaṁ sakka mayampi sabbe,\nAññātumicchāma samantacakkhu;\nSamavaṭṭhitā no savanāya sotā,\nTuvaṁ no satthā tvamanuttarosi.","en":"O Sakyan, All-seer,\nwe all wish to know about that disciple.\nOur ears are eager to hear,\nfor you are the most excellent teacher."}},{"id":"thag21.1:58","sourceIds":["thag21.1:58.1","thag21.1:58.2","thag21.1:58.3","thag21.1:58.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chinda no vicikicchaṁ brūhi metaṁ,\nParinibbutaṁ vedaya bhūripañña;\nMajjheva no bhāsa samantacakkhu,\nSakkova devāna sahassanetto.","en":"Cut off our doubt, declare this to us;\nyour wisdom is vast, tell us of his quenching!\nAll-seer, speak among us,\nlike the thousand-eyed Sakka in the midst of the gods!"}},{"id":"thag21.1:59","sourceIds":["thag21.1:59.1","thag21.1:59.2","thag21.1:59.3","thag21.1:59.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye keci ganthā idha mohamaggā,\nAññāṇapakkhā vicikicchaṭhānā;\nTathāgataṁ patvā na te bhavanti,\nCakkhuñhi etaṁ paramaṁ narānaṁ.","en":"Whatever ties there are, or paths to delusion,\nor things on the side of unknowing, or that are bases of doubt\nvanish on reaching a Realized One,\nfor his eye is the best of all people’s."}},{"id":"thag21.1:60","sourceIds":["thag21.1:60.1","thag21.1:60.2","thag21.1:60.3","thag21.1:60.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"No ce hi jātu puriso kilese,\nVāto yathā abbhaghanaṁ vihāne;\nTamovassa nivuto sabbaloko,\nJotimantopi na pabhāseyyuṁ.","en":"If no man were ever to disperse corruptions,\nlike the wind dispersing the stormclouds,\ndarkness would shroud the whole world;\nnot even brilliant men would shine."}},{"id":"thag21.1:61","sourceIds":["thag21.1:61.1","thag21.1:61.2","thag21.1:61.3","thag21.1:61.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhīrā ca pajjotakarā bhavanti,\nTaṁ taṁ ahaṁ vīra tatheva maññe;\nVipassinaṁ jānamupāgamimha,\nParisāsu no āvikarohi kappaṁ.","en":"The attentive are bringers of light;\nmy hero, that is what I think of you.\nWe’ve come for your discernment and knowledge:\nhere in this assembly, declare to us about Kappāyana."}},{"id":"thag21.1:62","sourceIds":["thag21.1:62.1","thag21.1:62.2","thag21.1:62.3","thag21.1:62.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khippaṁ giraṁ eraya vaggu vagguṁ,\nHaṁsova paggayha saṇikaṁ nikūja;\nBindussarena suvikappitena,\nSabbeva te ujjugatā suṇoma.","en":"Swiftly send forth your sweet, sweet voice,\nlike a goose stretching its neck, gently honking,\nlucid-flowing, with lovely tone:\nalert, we all listen to you."}},{"id":"thag21.1:63","sourceIds":["thag21.1:63.1","thag21.1:63.2","thag21.1:63.3","thag21.1:63.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahīnajātimaraṇaṁ asesaṁ,\nNiggayha dhonaṁ vadessāmi dhammaṁ;\nNa kāmakāro hi puthujjanānaṁ,\nSaṅkheyyakāro ca tathāgatānaṁ.","en":"You have entirely abandoned birth and death;\ncurbed and pure, I urge you, speak the Dhamma!\nFor ordinary people have no wish-granter,\nbut Realized Ones have a comprehensibility-granter."}},{"id":"thag21.1:64","sourceIds":["thag21.1:64.1","thag21.1:64.2","thag21.1:64.3","thag21.1:64.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sampannaveyyākaraṇaṁ tavedaṁ,\nSamujjupaññassa samuggahītaṁ;\nAyamañjali pacchimo suppaṇāmito,\nMā mohayī jānamanomapañña.","en":"Your answer is definitive, and we will adopt it,\nfor you have perfect understanding.\nWe raise our cupped palms one last time,\none of unrivaled wisdom, don’t deliberately confuse us."}},{"id":"thag21.1:65","sourceIds":["thag21.1:65.1","thag21.1:65.2","thag21.1:65.3","thag21.1:65.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paroparaṁ ariyadhammaṁ viditvā,\nMā mohayī jānamanomavīriya;\nVāriṁ yathā ghammani ghammatatto,\nVācābhikaṅkhāmi sutaṁ pavassa.","en":"Knowing the teaching of the noble ones from top to bottom,\none of unrivaled energy, don’t deliberately confuse us.\nLike a man baking in the summer sun would long for water,\nI long for your voice, so let the sound rain forth."}},{"id":"thag21.1:66","sourceIds":["thag21.1:66.1","thag21.1:66.2","thag21.1:66.3","thag21.1:66.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadatthikaṁ brahmacariyaṁ acarī,\nKappāyano kaccissataṁ amoghaṁ;\nNibbāyi so ādu saupādiseso,\nYathā vimutto ahu taṁ suṇoma”.","en":"Surely Kappāyana did not lead the spiritual life in vain?\nDid he realize quenching,\nor did he still have a residue?\nLet us hear what kind of liberation he had!”"}},{"id":"thag21.1:67","sourceIds":["thag21.1:67.1","thag21.1:67.2","thag21.1:67.3","thag21.1:67.4","thag21.1:67.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Acchecchi taṇhaṁ idha nāmarūpe,\n(iti bhagavā)\nKaṇhassa sotaṁ dīgharattānusayitaṁ;\nAtāri jātiṁ maraṇaṁ asesaṁ,\nIccabravi bhagavā pañcaseṭṭho”.","en":"“He cut off craving for name and form right here,”\nsaid the Buddha,\n“the river of darkness that had long lain within him.\nHe has entirely crossed over birth and death.”\nSo declared the Blessed One, the leader of the five."}},{"id":"thag21.1:68","sourceIds":["thag21.1:68.1","thag21.1:68.2","thag21.1:68.3","thag21.1:68.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Esa sutvā pasīdāmi,\nvaco te isisattama;\nAmoghaṁ kira me puṭṭhaṁ,\nna maṁ vañcesi brāhmaṇo.","en":"“Now that I have heard your words,\nseventh of seers, I am confident.\nMy question, it seems, was not in vain,\nthe brahmin did not deceive me."}},{"id":"thag21.1:69","sourceIds":["thag21.1:69.1","thag21.1:69.2","thag21.1:69.3","thag21.1:69.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā vādī tathā kārī,\nahu buddhassa sāvako;\nAcchecchi maccuno jālaṁ,\ntataṁ māyāvino daḷhaṁ.","en":"As he said, so he did—\nhe was a disciple of the Buddha.\nHe cut the net of death the deceiver,\nso extended and strong."}},{"id":"thag21.1:70","sourceIds":["thag21.1:70.1","thag21.1:70.2","thag21.1:70.3","thag21.1:70.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasa bhagavā ādiṁ,\nupādānassa kappiyo;\nAccagā vata kappāno,\nmaccudheyyaṁ suduttaraṁ.","en":"Blessed One, Kappāyana saw\nthe starting point of grasping.\nHe has indeed gone far beyond\nDeath’s dominion so hard to pass."}},{"id":"thag21.1:71","sourceIds":["thag21.1:71.1","thag21.1:71.2","thag21.1:71.3","thag21.1:71.4","thag21.1:71.5","thag21.1:71.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ devadevaṁ vandāmi,\nputtaṁ te dvipaduttama;\nAnujātaṁ mahāvīraṁ,\nnāgaṁ nāgassa orasan”ti.\nItthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso thero gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.\nMahānipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"God of gods, best of men, I bow to you,\nand to your son,\nwho followed your example, a great hero;\na giant, bosom son of a giant.”\nThat is how these verses were recited by the senior venerable Vaṅgīsa.\nThe Great Book is Finished"}},{"id":"thag21.1:72","sourceIds":["thag21.1:72.0","thag21.1:72.1","thag21.1:72.2","thag21.1:72.3","thag21.1:72.4","thag21.1:72.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nSattatimhi nipātamhi,\nvaṅgīso paṭibhāṇavā;\nEkova thero natthañño,\ngāthāyo ekasattatīti.\nNiṭṭhitā theragāthāyo."}},{"id":"thag21.1:73","sourceIds":["thag21.1:73.0","thag21.1:73.1","thag21.1:73.2","thag21.1:73.3","thag21.1:73.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nSahassaṁ honti tā gāthā,\ntīṇi saṭṭhisatāni ca;\nTherā ca dve satā saṭṭhi,\ncattāro ca pakāsitā."}},{"id":"thag21.1:74","sourceIds":["thag21.1:74.1","thag21.1:74.2","thag21.1:74.3","thag21.1:74.4","thag21.1:74.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīhanādaṁ naditvāna,\nbuddhaputtā anāsavā;\nKhemantaṁ pāpuṇitvāna,\naggikhandhāva nibbutāti.\nTheragāthāpāḷi niṭṭhitā.","en":"The Verses of the Senior Monks are finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag21.1/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."}