{"id":"thag2.16","title":"Mahākāḷa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag2.16","title":"Mahākāḷa","units":[{"id":"thag2.16:0","sourceIds":["thag2.16:0.1","thag2.16:0.2","thag2.16:0.3","thag2.16:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 2.16\nDukanipāta\nDutiyavagga\nMahākāḷattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 2.16\nThe Book of the Twos\nChapter Two\nMahākāḷa"}},{"id":"thag2.16:1","sourceIds":["thag2.16:1.1","thag2.16:1.2","thag2.16:1.3","thag2.16:1.4","thag2.16:1.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāḷī itthī brahatī dhaṅkarūpā,\nSatthiñca bhetvā aparañca satthiṁ;\nBāhañca bhetvā aparañca bāhaṁ,\nSīsañca bhetvā dadhithālakaṁva;\nEsā nisinnā abhisandahitvā.","en":"There’s a big black woman who looks like a crow.\nShe broke off thigh-bones, first one then another;\nshe broke off arm-bones, first one then another;\nshe broke off a skull like a curd-bowl, and then\narranged them and sat nearby."}},{"id":"thag2.16:2","sourceIds":["thag2.16:2.1","thag2.16:2.2","thag2.16:2.3","thag2.16:2.4","thag2.16:2.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti,\nPunappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando;\nTasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā,\nMāhaṁ puna bhinnasiro sayissan”ti.\n… Mahākāḷo thero ….","en":"When an ignorant person builds up attachments,\nthat dullard returns to suffering again and again.\nSo let one who understands not build up attachments:\nmay I never again lie with a broken skull!"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag2.16/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."}