{"id":"thag12.2","title":"Sunīta","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag12.2","title":"Sunīta","units":[{"id":"thag12.2:0","sourceIds":["thag12.2:0.1","thag12.2:0.2","thag12.2:0.3","thag12.2:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 12.2\nDvādasakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSunītattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 12.2\nThe Book of the Twelves\nChapter One\nSunīta"}},{"id":"thag12.2:1","sourceIds":["thag12.2:1.1","thag12.2:1.2","thag12.2:1.3","thag12.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Nīce kulamhi jātohaṁ,\ndaliddo appabhojano;\nHīnakammaṁ mamaṁ āsi,\nahosiṁ pupphachaḍḍako.","en":"I was born in a low-class family.\nWe were poor, with little to eat.\nMy job was lowly—\nI threw out the old flowers."}},{"id":"thag12.2:2","sourceIds":["thag12.2:2.1","thag12.2:2.2","thag12.2:2.3","thag12.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jigucchito manussānaṁ,\nparibhūto ca vambhito;\nNīcaṁ manaṁ karitvāna,\nvandissaṁ bahukaṁ janaṁ.","en":"Shunned by people,\nI was disregarded and held in contempt.\nI humbled my heart\nand paid respects to many people."}},{"id":"thag12.2:3","sourceIds":["thag12.2:3.1","thag12.2:3.2","thag12.2:3.3","thag12.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Athaddasāsiṁ sambuddhaṁ,\nbhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ;\nPavisantaṁ mahāvīraṁ,\nmagadhānaṁ puruttamaṁ.","en":"Then I saw the Buddha\nat the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha.\nThe great hero\nwas entering the capital city of the Magadhans."}},{"id":"thag12.2:4","sourceIds":["thag12.2:4.1","thag12.2:4.2","thag12.2:4.3","thag12.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nikkhipitvāna byābhaṅgiṁ,\nvandituṁ upasaṅkamiṁ;\nMameva anukampāya,\naṭṭhāsi purisuttamo.","en":"I dropped my flail\nand approached to pay homage.\nOut of sympathy for me,\nthe supreme man stood still."}},{"id":"thag12.2:5","sourceIds":["thag12.2:5.1","thag12.2:5.2","thag12.2:5.3","thag12.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vanditvā satthuno pāde,\nekamantaṁ ṭhito tadā;\nPabbajjaṁ ahamāyāciṁ,\nsabbasattānamuttamaṁ.","en":"When I had paid homage at the Teacher’s feet,\nI stood to one side\nand requested the going forth\nfrom the one supreme among all beings."}},{"id":"thag12.2:6","sourceIds":["thag12.2:6.1","thag12.2:6.2","thag12.2:6.3","thag12.2:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato kāruṇiko satthā,\nsabbalokānukampako;\n‘Ehi bhikkhū’ti maṁ āha,\nsā me āsūpasampadā.","en":"Consequently, the Teacher, being compassionate,\nhaving sympathy for the whole world,\nsaid to me, “Come, monk!”\nThat was my ordination."}},{"id":"thag12.2:7","sourceIds":["thag12.2:7.1","thag12.2:7.2","thag12.2:7.3","thag12.2:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sohaṁ eko araññasmiṁ,\nviharanto atandito;\nAkāsiṁ satthu vacanaṁ,\nyathā maṁ ovadī jino.","en":"Staying alone in the wilderness,\nmeditating tirelessly,\nI have completed what the Teacher taught,\njust as the victor advised me."}},{"id":"thag12.2:8","sourceIds":["thag12.2:8.1","thag12.2:8.2","thag12.2:8.3","thag12.2:8.4","thag12.2:8.5","thag12.2:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rattiyā paṭhamaṁ yāmaṁ,\nPubbajātimanussariṁ;\nRattiyā majjhimaṁ yāmaṁ,\nDibbacakkhuṁ visodhayiṁ;\nRattiyā pacchime yāme,\nTamokhandhaṁ padālayiṁ.","en":"In the first watch of the night,\nI recollected my past lives.\nIn the middle watch,\nI purified my clairvoyance.\nIn the last watch,\nI shattered the mass of darkness."}},{"id":"thag12.2:9","sourceIds":["thag12.2:9.1","thag12.2:9.2","thag12.2:9.3","thag12.2:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ratyā vivasāne,\nsūriyassuggamanaṁ pati;\nIndo brahmā ca āgantvā,\nmaṁ namassiṁsu pañjalī.","en":"At the end of the night,\nas the sunrise drew near,\nIndra and the Divinity came\nand revered me with joined hands."}},{"id":"thag12.2:10","sourceIds":["thag12.2:10.1","thag12.2:10.2","thag12.2:10.3","thag12.2:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Namo te purisājañña,\nnamo te purisuttama;\nYassa te āsavā khīṇā,\ndakkhiṇeyyosi mārisa’.","en":"“Homage to you, O thoroughbred!\nHomage to you, supreme among men!\nSince your defilements are ended,\nyou, good fellow, are worthy of a religious donation.”"}},{"id":"thag12.2:11","sourceIds":["thag12.2:11.1","thag12.2:11.2","thag12.2:11.3","thag12.2:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato disvāna maṁ satthā,\ndevasaṅghapurakkhataṁ;\nSitaṁ pātukaritvāna,\nimamatthaṁ abhāsatha.","en":"Consequently, having seen me honored\nby the assembly of gods,\nthe Teacher smiled\nand said the following:"}},{"id":"thag12.2:12","sourceIds":["thag12.2:12.1","thag12.2:12.2","thag12.2:12.3","thag12.2:12.4","thag12.2:12.5","thag12.2:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Tapena brahmacariyena,\nsaṁyamena damena ca;\nEtena brāhmaṇo hoti,\netaṁ brāhmaṇamuttaman’”ti.\n… Sunīto thero …\nDvādasakanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"“By fervor and spiritual practice,\nby restraint and by self-control:\nthat’s how to become a brahmin,\nthis is the supreme brahmin.”"}},{"id":"thag12.2:13","sourceIds":["thag12.2:13.0","thag12.2:13.1","thag12.2:13.2","thag12.2:13.3","thag12.2:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nSīlavā ca sunīto ca,\ntherā dve te mahiddhikā;\nDvādasamhi nipātamhi,\ngāthāyo catuvīsatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag12.2/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."}