{"id":"thag16.3","title":"Telakāni","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag16.3","title":"Telakāni","units":[{"id":"thag16.3:0","sourceIds":["thag16.3:0.1","thag16.3:0.2","thag16.3:0.3","thag16.3:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 16.3\nVīsatinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nTelakānittheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 16.3\nThe Book of the Twenties\nChapter One\nTelakāni"}},{"id":"thag16.3:1","sourceIds":["thag16.3:1.1","thag16.3:1.2","thag16.3:1.3","thag16.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Cirarattaṁ vatātāpī,\ndhammaṁ anuvicintayaṁ;\nSamaṁ cittassa nālatthaṁ,\npucchaṁ samaṇabrāhmaṇe.","en":"For a long time, sadly,\nthough I keenly contemplated the teaching,\nI gained no peace of mind.\nSo I asked this of ascetics and brahmins:"}},{"id":"thag16.3:2","sourceIds":["thag16.3:2.1","thag16.3:2.2","thag16.3:2.3","thag16.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Ko so pāraṅgato loke,\nko patto amatogadhaṁ;\nKassa dhammaṁ paṭicchāmi,\nparamatthavijānanaṁ’.","en":"“Who in the world have crossed over?\nWhose attainment has freedom from death as its objective?\nWhose teaching do I accept\nto understand the ultimate goal?"}},{"id":"thag16.3:3","sourceIds":["thag16.3:3.1","thag16.3:3.2","thag16.3:3.3","thag16.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Antovaṅkagato āsi,\nmacchova ghasamāmisaṁ;\nBaddho mahindapāsena,\nvepacityasuro yathā.","en":"I was hooked inside,\nlike a fish gulping bait;\nbound like the titan Vepaciti\nin Mahinda’s trap."}},{"id":"thag16.3:4","sourceIds":["thag16.3:4.1","thag16.3:4.2","thag16.3:4.3","thag16.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Añchāmi naṁ na muñcāmi,\nasmā sokapariddavā;\nKo me bandhaṁ muñcaṁ loke,\nsambodhiṁ vedayissati.","en":"Dragging it along, I’m not free\nfrom grief and lamentation.\nWho will free me from bonds in the world,\nso that I may know awakening?"}},{"id":"thag16.3:5","sourceIds":["thag16.3:5.1","thag16.3:5.2","thag16.3:5.3","thag16.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samaṇaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ vā kaṁ,\nādisantaṁ pabhaṅgunaṁ;\nKassa dhammaṁ paṭicchāmi,\njarāmaccupavāhanaṁ.","en":"What ascetic or brahmin\npoints out what is frail?\nWhose teaching do I accept\nto rinse off old age and death?"}},{"id":"thag16.3:6","sourceIds":["thag16.3:6.1","thag16.3:6.2","thag16.3:6.3","thag16.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vicikicchākaṅkhāganthitaṁ,\nsārambhabalasaññutaṁ;\nKodhappattamanatthaddhaṁ,\nabhijappappadāraṇaṁ.","en":"Tied up with uncertainty and doubt,\nsecured by the power of aggression,\nstiff as a mind beset by anger;\nthe arrow of covetousness,"}},{"id":"thag16.3:7","sourceIds":["thag16.3:7.1","thag16.3:7.2","thag16.3:7.3","thag16.3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṇhādhanusamuṭṭhānaṁ,\ndve ca pannarasāyutaṁ;\nPassa orasikaṁ bāḷhaṁ,\nbhetvāna yadi tiṭṭhati.","en":"propelled by the bow of craving,\nis stuck in my twice-fifteen ribcage—\nsee how it stands in my breast,\nbreaking my strong heart."}},{"id":"thag16.3:8","sourceIds":["thag16.3:8.1","thag16.3:8.2","thag16.3:8.3","thag16.3:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anudiṭṭhīnaṁ appahānaṁ,\nsaṅkappaparatejitaṁ;\nTena viddho pavedhāmi,\npattaṁva māluteritaṁ.","en":"Theories are not abandoned,\nthey are sharpened by memories and intentions;\nand pierced by this I tremble,\nlike a leaf blowing in the gale."}},{"id":"thag16.3:9","sourceIds":["thag16.3:9.1","thag16.3:9.2","thag16.3:9.3","thag16.3:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhattaṁ me samuṭṭhāya,\nkhippaṁ paccati māmakaṁ;\nChaphassāyatanī kāyo,\nyattha sarati sabbadā.","en":"Having arisen within,\nwhat belongs to me burns quickly,\nin that place where the body always heads\nwith its six sense-fields of contact."}},{"id":"thag16.3:10","sourceIds":["thag16.3:10.1","thag16.3:10.2","thag16.3:10.3","thag16.3:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ na passāmi tekicchaṁ,\nyo metaṁ sallamuddhare;\nNānārajjena satthena,\nnāññena vicikicchitaṁ.","en":"I don’t see a healer\nwho can pull out my dart of doubt\nwithout a lance\nor some other blade."}},{"id":"thag16.3:11","sourceIds":["thag16.3:11.1","thag16.3:11.2","thag16.3:11.3","thag16.3:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ko me asattho avaṇo,\nSallamabbhantarapassayaṁ;\nAhiṁsaṁ sabbagattāni,\nSallaṁ me uddharissati.","en":"Without knife or wound,\nwho will pull out this dart\nthat’s stuck inside me,\nwithout harming any part of my body?"}},{"id":"thag16.3:12","sourceIds":["thag16.3:12.1","thag16.3:12.2","thag16.3:12.3","thag16.3:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhammappati hi so seṭṭho,\nvisadosappavāhako;\nGambhīre patitassa me,\nthalaṁ pāṇiñca dassaye.","en":"He really would be the Lord of the Dhamma,\nthe best one to cure the damage of poison;\nwhen I have fallen into deep waters,\nhe would show me his hand and the shore."}},{"id":"thag16.3:13","sourceIds":["thag16.3:13.1","thag16.3:13.2","thag16.3:13.3","thag16.3:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rahadehamasmi ogāḷho,\nahāriyarajamattike;\nMāyāusūyasārambha,\nthinamiddhamapatthaṭe.","en":"I’ve plunged into a lake,\nand I can’t wash off the mud and dirt.\nIt’s full of deceit, jealousy, aggression,\nand dullness and drowsiness."}},{"id":"thag16.3:14","sourceIds":["thag16.3:14.1","thag16.3:14.2","thag16.3:14.3","thag16.3:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uddhaccameghathanitaṁ,\nsaṁyojanavalāhakaṁ;\nVāhā vahanti kuddiṭṭhiṁ,\nsaṅkappā rāganissitā.","en":"Like a thundering cloud of restlessness,\nlike a stormcloud of fetters;\nlustful thoughts are winds\nthat sweep off a person with bad views."}},{"id":"thag16.3:15","sourceIds":["thag16.3:15.1","thag16.3:15.2","thag16.3:15.3","thag16.3:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Savanti sabbadhi sotā,\nlatā ubbhijja tiṭṭhati;\nTe sote ko nivāreyya,\ntaṁ lataṁ ko hi checchati.","en":"The streams flow everywhere;\na weed springs up and remains.\nWho will block the streams?\nWho will cut the weed?”"}},{"id":"thag16.3:16","sourceIds":["thag16.3:16.1","thag16.3:16.2","thag16.3:16.3","thag16.3:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Velaṁ karotha bhaddante,\nsotānaṁ sannivāraṇaṁ;\nMā te manomayo soto,\nrukkhaṁva sahasā luve.","en":"“Venerable sir, build a dam\nto block the streams.\nDon’t let your mind-made streams\ncut you down suddenly like a tree.”"}},{"id":"thag16.3:17","sourceIds":["thag16.3:17.1","thag16.3:17.2","thag16.3:17.3","thag16.3:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me bhayajātassa,\napārā pāramesato;\nTāṇo paññāvudho satthā,\nisisaṅghanisevito.","en":"That is how, when I was full of fear,\nseeking the far shore from the near,\nmy shelter was the Teacher whose weapon is wisdom,\nfrequented by the Saṅgha of seers."}},{"id":"thag16.3:18","sourceIds":["thag16.3:18.1","thag16.3:18.2","thag16.3:18.3","thag16.3:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sopāṇaṁ sugataṁ suddhaṁ,\ndhammasāramayaṁ daḷhaṁ;\nPādāsi vuyhamānassa,\n‘mā bhāyī’ti ca mabravi.","en":"As I was being swept away,\nhe gave me a strong, simple ladder,\nmade of the heartwood of Dhamma,\nand he said to me: “Do not fear.”"}},{"id":"thag16.3:19","sourceIds":["thag16.3:19.1","thag16.3:19.2","thag16.3:19.3","thag16.3:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satipaṭṭhānapāsādaṁ,\nāruyha paccavekkhisaṁ;\nYaṁ taṁ pubbe amaññissaṁ,\nsakkāyābhirataṁ pajaṁ.","en":"I climbed the tower of mindfulness meditation,\nand checked back down\nat people delighting in substantial reality,\nas I had obsessed over in the past."}},{"id":"thag16.3:20","sourceIds":["thag16.3:20.1","thag16.3:20.2","thag16.3:20.3","thag16.3:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā ca maggamaddakkhiṁ,\nnāvāya abhirūhanaṁ;\nAnadhiṭṭhāya attānaṁ,\ntitthamaddakkhimuttamaṁ.","en":"When I saw the path,\nas I was embarking on the ship,\nwithout fixating on the self,\nI saw the supreme landing-place."}},{"id":"thag16.3:21","sourceIds":["thag16.3:21.1","thag16.3:21.2","thag16.3:21.3","thag16.3:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sallaṁ attasamuṭṭhānaṁ,\nbhavanettippabhāvitaṁ;\nEtesaṁ appavattāya,\ndesesi maggamuttamaṁ.","en":"The dart that arises in oneself,\nand that which stems from the leash to existence:\nhe taught the supreme path\nfor the canceling of these."}},{"id":"thag16.3:22","sourceIds":["thag16.3:22.1","thag16.3:22.2","thag16.3:22.3","thag16.3:22.4","thag16.3:22.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dīgharattānusayitaṁ,\ncirarattamadhiṭṭhitaṁ;\nBuddho mepānudī ganthaṁ,\nvisadosappavāhano”ti.\n… Telakāni thero ….","en":"For a long time it had lain within me;\nfor a long time it was fixed in me:\nthe Buddha cast aside the knot,\ncuring the damage of poison."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag16.3/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."}