{"id":"thag16.4","title":"Raṭṭhapāla","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag16.4","title":"Raṭṭhapāla","units":[{"id":"thag16.4:0","sourceIds":["thag16.4:0.1","thag16.4:0.2","thag16.4:0.3","thag16.4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 16.4\nVīsatinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nRaṭṭhapālattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 16.4\nThe Book of the Twenties\nChapter One\nRaṭṭhapāla"}},{"id":"thag16.4:1","sourceIds":["thag16.4:1.1","thag16.4:1.2","thag16.4:1.3","thag16.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Passa cittakataṁ bimbaṁ,\narukāyaṁ samussitaṁ;\nĀturaṁ bahusaṅkappaṁ,\nyassa natthi dhuvaṁ ṭhiti.","en":"“See this fancy puppet,\na body built of sores,\ndiseased, obsessed over,\nin which nothing lasts at all."}},{"id":"thag16.4:2","sourceIds":["thag16.4:2.1","thag16.4:2.2","thag16.4:2.3","thag16.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passa cittakataṁ rūpaṁ,\nmaṇinā kuṇḍalena ca;\nAṭṭhiṁ tacena onaddhaṁ,\nsaha vatthehi sobhati.","en":"See this fancy figure,\nwith its gems and earrings;\nit is bones swathed in skin,\nmade pretty by its clothes."}},{"id":"thag16.4:3","sourceIds":["thag16.4:3.1","thag16.4:3.2","thag16.4:3.3","thag16.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Alattakakatā pādā,\nmukhaṁ cuṇṇakamakkhitaṁ;\nAlaṁ bālassa mohāya,\nno ca pāragavesino.","en":"Rouged feet\nand powdered face\nmay be enough to beguile a fool,\nbut not a seeker of the far shore."}},{"id":"thag16.4:4","sourceIds":["thag16.4:4.1","thag16.4:4.2","thag16.4:4.3","thag16.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aṭṭhapadakatā kesā,\nnettā añjanamakkhitā;\nAlaṁ bālassa mohāya,\nno ca pāragavesino.","en":"Hair in eight braids\nand eyeshadow\nmay be enough to beguile a fool,\nbut not a seeker of the far shore."}},{"id":"thag16.4:5","sourceIds":["thag16.4:5.1","thag16.4:5.2","thag16.4:5.3","thag16.4:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Añjanīva navā cittā,\npūtikāyo alaṅkato;\nAlaṁ bālassa mohāya,\nno ca pāragavesino.","en":"A rotting body all adorned\nlike a freshly painted makeup box\nmay be enough to beguile a fool,\nbut not a seeker of the far shore."}},{"id":"thag16.4:6","sourceIds":["thag16.4:6.1","thag16.4:6.2","thag16.4:6.3","thag16.4:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Odahi migavo pāsaṁ,\nnāsadā vāguraṁ migo;\nBhutvā nivāpaṁ gacchāma,\nkandante migabandhake.","en":"The hunter laid his snare,\nbut the deer didn’t spring the trap.\nI’ve eaten the bait and now I go,\nleaving the trapper to lament."}},{"id":"thag16.4:7","sourceIds":["thag16.4:7.1","thag16.4:7.2","thag16.4:7.3","thag16.4:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chinno pāso migavassa,\nnāsadā vāguraṁ migo;\nBhutvā nivāpaṁ gacchāma,\nsocante migaluddake.","en":"The hunter’s snare is broken,\nbut the deer didn’t spring the trap.\nI’ve eaten the bait and now I go,\nleaving the deer-hunter to grieve.”"}},{"id":"thag16.4:8","sourceIds":["thag16.4:8.1","thag16.4:8.2","thag16.4:8.3","thag16.4:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passāmi loke sadhane manusse,\nLaddhāna vittaṁ na dadanti mohā;\nLuddhā dhanaṁ sannicayaṁ karonti,\nBhiyyova kāme abhipatthayanti.","en":"“I see rich people in the world who,\nbecause of delusion, give not the wealth they’ve earned.\nGreedily, they hoard their riches,\nyearning for ever more sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"thag16.4:9","sourceIds":["thag16.4:9.1","thag16.4:9.2","thag16.4:9.3","thag16.4:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājā pasayhappathaviṁ vijetvā,\nSasāgarantaṁ mahimāvasanto;\nOraṁ samuddassa atittarūpo,\nPāraṁ samuddassapi patthayetha.","en":"A king who conquered the earth by force,\nruling the land from sea to sea,\nunsatisfied with the near shore of the ocean,\nwould still yearn for the further shore."}},{"id":"thag16.4:10","sourceIds":["thag16.4:10.1","thag16.4:10.2","thag16.4:10.3","thag16.4:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rājā ca aññe ca bahū manussā,\nAvītataṇhā maraṇaṁ upenti;\nŪnāva hutvāna jahanti dehaṁ,\nKāmehi lokamhi na hatthi titti.","en":"Not just the king, but others too,\nreach death not rid of craving.\nThey leave the body still wanting,\nfor in this world sensual pleasures never satisfy."}},{"id":"thag16.4:11","sourceIds":["thag16.4:11.1","thag16.4:11.2","thag16.4:11.3","thag16.4:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kandanti naṁ ñātī pakiriya kese,\nAho vatā no amarāti cāhu;\nVatthena naṁ pārutaṁ nīharitvā,\nCitaṁ samodhāya tato ḍahanti.","en":"Relatives lament, their hair disheveled,\nsaying ‘Ah! Alas! They’re not immortal!’\nThey take out the body wrapped in a shroud,\nheap up a pyre, and burn it there."}},{"id":"thag16.4:12","sourceIds":["thag16.4:12.1","thag16.4:12.2","thag16.4:12.3","thag16.4:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So ḍayhati sūlehi tujjamāno,\nEkena vatthena pahāya bhoge;\nNa mīyamānassa bhavanti tāṇā,\nÑātī ca mittā atha vā sahāyā.","en":"It’s poked with stakes while being burnt,\nin just a single cloth, all wealth gone.\nRelatives, friends, and companions\ncan’t help you when you’re dying."}},{"id":"thag16.4:13","sourceIds":["thag16.4:13.1","thag16.4:13.2","thag16.4:13.3","thag16.4:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dāyādakā tassa dhanaṁ haranti,\nSatto pana gacchati yena kammaṁ;\nNa mīyamānaṁ dhanamanveti kiñci,\nPuttā ca dārā ca dhanañca raṭṭhaṁ.","en":"Heirs take your riches,\nwhile beings fare on according to their deeds.\nRiches don’t follow you when you die;\nnor do children, wife, wealth, nor kingdom."}},{"id":"thag16.4:14","sourceIds":["thag16.4:14.1","thag16.4:14.2","thag16.4:14.3","thag16.4:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na dīghamāyuṁ labhate dhanena,\nNa cāpi vittena jaraṁ vihanti;\nAppaṁ hidaṁ jīvitamāhu dhīrā,\nAsassataṁ vippariṇāmadhammaṁ.","en":"Longevity isn’t gained by riches,\nnor does wealth banish old age;\nfor the attentive say this life is short,\nit’s perishable and not eternal."}},{"id":"thag16.4:15","sourceIds":["thag16.4:15.1","thag16.4:15.2","thag16.4:15.3","thag16.4:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aḍḍhā daliddā ca phusanti phassaṁ,\nBālo ca dhīro ca tatheva phuṭṭho;\nBālo hi bālyā vadhitova seti,\nDhīro ca no vedhati phassaphuṭṭho.","en":"The rich and the poor feel its touch;\nthe fool and the attentive one feel it too.\nBut the fool lies stricken by their own folly,\nwhile the attentive don’t tremble at the touch."}},{"id":"thag16.4:16","sourceIds":["thag16.4:16.1","thag16.4:16.2","thag16.4:16.3","thag16.4:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tasmā hi paññāva dhanena seyyā,\nYāya vosānamidhādhigacchati;\nAbyositattā hi bhavābhavesu,\nPāpāni kammāni karoti mohā.","en":"Therefore wisdom’s much better than wealth,\nsince by wisdom you reach consummation in this life.\nBut if because of delusion you don’t reach consummation,\nyou’ll do evil deeds in life after life."}},{"id":"thag16.4:17","sourceIds":["thag16.4:17.1","thag16.4:17.2","thag16.4:17.3","thag16.4:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upeti gabbhañca parañca lokaṁ,\nSaṁsāramāpajja paramparāya;\nTassappapañño abhisaddahanto,\nUpeti gabbhañca parañca lokaṁ.","en":"One who enters a womb and the world beyond,\nwill transmigrate from one life to the next.\nWhile someone of little wisdom, placing faith in them,\nalso enters a womb and the world beyond."}},{"id":"thag16.4:18","sourceIds":["thag16.4:18.1","thag16.4:18.2","thag16.4:18.3","thag16.4:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Coro yathā sandhimukhe gahīto,\nSakammunā haññati pāpadhammo;\nEvaṁ pajā pecca paramhi loke,\nSakammunā haññati pāpadhammo.","en":"As a bandit caught in a window\nis punished for his own bad deeds;\nso after departing, in the world beyond,\npeople are punished for their own bad deeds."}},{"id":"thag16.4:19","sourceIds":["thag16.4:19.1","thag16.4:19.2","thag16.4:19.3","thag16.4:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmā hi citrā madhurā manoramā,\nVirūparūpena mathenti cittaṁ;\nĀdīnavaṁ kāmaguṇesu disvā,\nTasmā ahaṁ pabbajitomhi rāja.","en":"Sensual pleasures are diverse, sweet, delightful;\nappearing in disguise they disturb the mind.\nSeeing danger in sensual stimulations,\nI went forth, O King."}},{"id":"thag16.4:20","sourceIds":["thag16.4:20.1","thag16.4:20.2","thag16.4:20.3","thag16.4:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dumapphalānīva patanti māṇavā,\nDaharā ca vuḍḍhā ca sarīrabhedā;\nEtampi disvā pabbajitomhi rāja,\nApaṇṇakaṁ sāmaññameva seyyo.","en":"As fruit falls from a tree, so the sons of Manu fall,\nyoung and old, when the body breaks up.\nSeeing this, too, I went forth, O King;\nit’s a sure bet that the ascetic life is better.”"}},{"id":"thag16.4:21","sourceIds":["thag16.4:21.1","thag16.4:21.2","thag16.4:21.3","thag16.4:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saddhāyāhaṁ pabbajito,\nupeto jinasāsane;\nAvañjhā mayhaṁ pabbajjā,\nanaṇo bhuñjāmi bhojanaṁ.","en":"“I went forth out of faith\njoining the victor’s dispensation.\nMy going forth wasn’t wasted;\nI enjoy my food free of debt."}},{"id":"thag16.4:22","sourceIds":["thag16.4:22.1","thag16.4:22.2","thag16.4:22.3","thag16.4:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāme ādittato disvā,\nJātarūpāni satthato;\nGabbhavokkantito dukkhaṁ,\nNirayesu mahabbhayaṁ.","en":"I saw sensual pleasures as burning,\ngold as a cutting blade,\nconception in a womb as suffering,\nand the hells as very fearful."}},{"id":"thag16.4:23","sourceIds":["thag16.4:23.1","thag16.4:23.2","thag16.4:23.3","thag16.4:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Etamādīnavaṁ ñatvā,\nsaṁvegaṁ alabhiṁ tadā;\nSohaṁ viddho tadā santo,\nsampatto āsavakkhayaṁ.","en":"Knowing this danger,\nI was struck with a sense of urgency.\nI was stabbed, but then I found peace,\nattaining the end of defilements."}},{"id":"thag16.4:24","sourceIds":["thag16.4:24.1","thag16.4:24.2","thag16.4:24.3","thag16.4:24.4"],"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":"thag16.4:25","sourceIds":["thag16.4:25.1","thag16.4:25.2","thag16.4:25.3","thag16.4:25.4","thag16.4:25.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassatthāya pabbajito,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nSo me attho anuppatto,\nsabbasaṁyojanakkhayo”ti.\n… Raṭṭhapālo thero ….","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.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag16.4/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."}