{"id":"thag11.1","title":"Saṅkicca","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag11.1","title":"Saṅkicca","units":[{"id":"thag11.1:0","sourceIds":["thag11.1:0.1","thag11.1:0.2","thag11.1:0.3","thag11.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 11.1\nEkādasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSaṅkiccattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 11.1\nThe Book of the Elevens\nChapter One\nSaṅkicca"}},{"id":"thag11.1:1","sourceIds":["thag11.1:1.1","thag11.1:1.2","thag11.1:1.3","thag11.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ tavattho vane tāta,\nujjuhānova pāvuse;\nVerambhā ramaṇīyā te,\npaviveko hi jhāyinaṁ”.","en":"“What good does it do you to be in the grove, my dear?\nYou’re like a little bird in the monsoon!\nThe city of Verambhā is nice for you—\nseclusion is for meditators.”"}},{"id":"thag11.1:2","sourceIds":["thag11.1:2.1","thag11.1:2.2","thag11.1:2.3","thag11.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yathā abbhāni verambho,\nvāto nudati pāvuse;\nSaññā me abhikiranti,\nvivekapaṭisaññutā.","en":"“Just as the wind in Verambhā\nscatters the monsoon clouds as they pour down,\nso the city scatters\nmy perception of seclusion.”"}},{"id":"thag11.1:3","sourceIds":["thag11.1:3.1","thag11.1:3.2","thag11.1:3.3","thag11.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apaṇḍaro aṇḍasambhavo,\nSīvathikāya niketacāriko;\nUppādayateva me satiṁ,\nSandehasmiṁ virāganissitaṁ.","en":"“It’s all black and born of an egg—\nthe crow whose abode is the charnel ground\nrouses my mindfulness,\nbased on dispassion for the body.”"}},{"id":"thag11.1:4","sourceIds":["thag11.1:4.1","thag11.1:4.2","thag11.1:4.3","thag11.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yañca aññe na rakkhanti,\nyo ca aññe na rakkhati;\nSa ve bhikkhu sukhaṁ seti,\nkāmesu anapekkhavā.","en":"“He who is not guarded by others,\nand who does not guard others,\ntruly sleeps at ease, mendicant,\nunconcerned for sensual pleasures.”"}},{"id":"thag11.1:5","sourceIds":["thag11.1:5.1","thag11.1:5.2","thag11.1:5.3","thag11.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Acchodikā puthusilā,\ngonaṅgulamigāyutā;\nAmbusevālasañchannā,\nte selā ramayanti maṁ.","en":"“The water’s clear and the rocks are broad,\nmonkeys and deer are all around;\nfestooned with dewy moss,\nthese rocky crags delight me!"}},{"id":"thag11.1:6","sourceIds":["thag11.1:6.1","thag11.1:6.2","thag11.1:6.3","thag11.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vasitaṁ me araññesu,\nkandarāsu guhāsu ca;\nSenāsanesu pantesu,\nvāḷamiganisevite.","en":"I’ve stayed in the wilderness,\nin caves and caverns\nand remote lodgings\nfrequented by beasts of prey."}},{"id":"thag11.1:7","sourceIds":["thag11.1:7.1","thag11.1:7.2","thag11.1:7.3","thag11.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ime haññantu vajjhantu,\ndukkhaṁ pappontu pāṇino’;\nSaṅkappaṁ nābhijānāmi,\nanariyaṁ dosasaṁhitaṁ.","en":"‘May these beings be killed!\nMay they be slaughtered! May they suffer!’—\nI’m not aware of having any such\nignoble, hateful thoughts."}},{"id":"thag11.1:8","sourceIds":["thag11.1:8.1","thag11.1:8.2","thag11.1:8.3","thag11.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pariciṇṇo mayā satthā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ;\nOhito garuko bhāro,\nbhavanetti samūhatā.","en":"I’ve served the Teacher\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.\nThe heavy burden is laid down,\nthe leash to existence is eradicated."}},{"id":"thag11.1:9","sourceIds":["thag11.1:9.1","thag11.1:9.2","thag11.1:9.3","thag11.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa catthāya pabbajito,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nSo me attho anuppatto,\nsabbasaṁyojanakkhayo.","en":"I’ve attained the goal\nfor the sake of which I went forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness—\nthe ending of all fetters."}},{"id":"thag11.1:10","sourceIds":["thag11.1:10.1","thag11.1:10.2","thag11.1:10.3","thag11.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\nnābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ;\nKālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi,\nnibbisaṁ bhatako yathā.","en":"I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI await my time,\nlike a worker waiting for their wages."}},{"id":"thag11.1:11","sourceIds":["thag11.1:11.1","thag11.1:11.2","thag11.1:11.3","thag11.1:11.4","thag11.1:11.5","thag11.1:11.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ,\nnābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ;\nKālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi,\nsampajāno patissato”ti.\n… Saṅkicco thero …\nEkādasakanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"I don’t long for death;\nI don’t long for life;\nI await my time,\naware and mindful.”"}},{"id":"thag11.1:12","sourceIds":["thag11.1:12.0","thag11.1:12.1","thag11.1:12.2","thag11.1:12.3","thag11.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nSaṅkiccathero ekova,\nkatakicco anāsavo;\nEkādasanipātamhi,\ngāthā ekādaseva cāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag11.1/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."}