{"id":"thag20.1","title":"Mahāmoggallāna","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag20.1","title":"Mahāmoggallāna","units":[{"id":"thag20.1:0","sourceIds":["thag20.1:0.1","thag20.1:0.2","thag20.1:0.3","thag20.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 20.1\nSaṭṭhinipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nMahāmoggallānattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 20.1\nThe Book of the Sixties\nChapter One\nMahāmoggallāna"}},{"id":"thag20.1:1","sourceIds":["thag20.1:1.1","thag20.1:1.2","thag20.1:1.3","thag20.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Āraññikā piṇḍapātikā,\nuñchāpattāgate ratā;\nDālemu maccuno senaṁ,\najjhattaṁ susamāhitā.","en":"“Living in the wilderness, eating only almsfood,\nhappy with the scraps in our bowls,\nlet us tear apart the army of death,\nwhile remaining serene within."}},{"id":"thag20.1:2","sourceIds":["thag20.1:2.1","thag20.1:2.2","thag20.1:2.3","thag20.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āraññikā piṇḍapātikā,\nuñchāpattāgate ratā;\nDhunāma maccuno senaṁ,\nnaḷāgāraṁva kuñjaro.","en":"Living in the wilderness, eating only almsfood,\nhappy with the scraps in our bowls,\nlet us crush the army of death,\nas an elephant a hut of reeds."}},{"id":"thag20.1:3","sourceIds":["thag20.1:3.1","thag20.1:3.2","thag20.1:3.3","thag20.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rukkhamūlikā sātatikā,\nuñchāpattāgate ratā;\nDālemu maccuno senaṁ,\najjhattaṁ susamāhitā.","en":"Living at the foot of a tree, persistent,\nhappy with the scraps in our bowls,\nlet us tear apart the army of death,\nwhile remaining serene within."}},{"id":"thag20.1:4","sourceIds":["thag20.1:4.1","thag20.1:4.2","thag20.1:4.3","thag20.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rukkhamūlikā sātatikā,\nuñchāpattāgate ratā;\nDhunāma maccuno senaṁ,\nnaḷāgāraṁva kuñjaro”.","en":"Living at the foot of a tree, persistent,\nhappy with the scraps in our bowls,\nlet us crush the army of death,\nas an elephant a hut of reeds.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:5","sourceIds":["thag20.1:5.1","thag20.1:5.2","thag20.1:5.3","thag20.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Aṭṭhikaṅkalakuṭike,\nmaṁsanhārupasibbite;\nDhiratthu pure duggandhe,\nparagatte mamāyase.","en":"“You hut, made of a chain of bones,\nsewn together with flesh and sinew;\ncurse you mortal frame, you stink,\nyou cherish the parts of others!"}},{"id":"thag20.1:6","sourceIds":["thag20.1:6.1","thag20.1:6.2","thag20.1:6.3","thag20.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Gūthabhaste taconaddhe,\nuragaṇḍipisācini;\nNava sotāni te kāye,\nyāni sandanti sabbadā.","en":"You sack of dung swathed in skin!\nYou demoness with horns on your chest!\nO body, you have nine streams\nthat are flowing all the time."}},{"id":"thag20.1:7","sourceIds":["thag20.1:7.1","thag20.1:7.2","thag20.1:7.3","thag20.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tava sarīraṁ navasotaṁ,\nDuggandhakaraṁ paribandhaṁ;\nBhikkhu parivajjayate taṁ,\nMīḷhaṁ ca yathā sucikāmo.","en":"With its nine streams,\nyour body stinks, full of dung.\nA monk seeking purity\nwould avoid it like excrement."}},{"id":"thag20.1:8","sourceIds":["thag20.1:8.1","thag20.1:8.2","thag20.1:8.3","thag20.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evañce taṁ jano jaññā,\nyathā jānāmi taṁ ahaṁ;\nĀrakā parivajjeyya,\ngūthaṭṭhānaṁva pāvuse”.","en":"If they knew you\nlike I do,\nthey’d keep far away,\nlike a cesspit in the monsoon.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:9","sourceIds":["thag20.1:9.1","thag20.1:9.2","thag20.1:9.3","thag20.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Evametaṁ mahāvīra,\nyathā samaṇa bhāsasi;\nEttha ceke visīdanti,\npaṅkamhiva jaraggavo”.","en":"“So it is, great hero!\nAs you say, ascetic!\nBut some founder here\nlike an old bull stuck in a bog.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:10","sourceIds":["thag20.1:10.1","thag20.1:10.2","thag20.1:10.3","thag20.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ākāsamhi haliddiyā,\nyo maññetha rajetave;\nAññena vāpi raṅgena,\nvighātudayameva taṁ.","en":"“Whoever might think\nof making the sky yellow,\nor some other color,\nwould only trouble themselves."}},{"id":"thag20.1:11","sourceIds":["thag20.1:11.1","thag20.1:11.2","thag20.1:11.3","thag20.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tadākāsasamaṁ cittaṁ,\najjhattaṁ susamāhitaṁ;\nMā pāpacitte āsādi,\naggikhandhaṁva pakkhimā”.","en":"This mind is like the sky:\nserene inside itself.\nEvil-minded one, don’t attack me,\nyou’ll end up like a moth in a mass of fire.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:12","sourceIds":["thag20.1:12.1","thag20.1:12.2","thag20.1:12.3","thag20.1:12.4"],"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":"thag20.1:13","sourceIds":["thag20.1:13.1","thag20.1:13.2","thag20.1:13.3","thag20.1:13.4"],"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":"thag20.1:14","sourceIds":["thag20.1:14.1","thag20.1:14.2","thag20.1:14.3","thag20.1:14.4"],"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":"thag20.1:15","sourceIds":["thag20.1:15.1","thag20.1:15.2","thag20.1:15.3","thag20.1:15.4"],"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":"thag20.1:16","sourceIds":["thag20.1:16.1","thag20.1:16.2","thag20.1:16.3","thag20.1:16.4"],"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":"thag20.1:17","sourceIds":["thag20.1:17.1","thag20.1:17.2","thag20.1:17.3","thag20.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Odahi migavo pāsaṁ,\nnāsadā vāguraṁ migo;\nBhutvā nivāpaṁ gacchāma,\nkaddante 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":"thag20.1:18","sourceIds":["thag20.1:18.1","thag20.1:18.2","thag20.1:18.3","thag20.1:18.4"],"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":"thag20.1:19","sourceIds":["thag20.1:19.1","thag20.1:19.2","thag20.1:19.3","thag20.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tadāsi yaṁ bhiṁsanakaṁ,\ntadāsi lomahaṁsanaṁ;\nAnekākārasampanne,\nsāriputtamhi nibbute.","en":"“Then there was terror!\nThen they had goosebumps!\nWhen Sāriputta, endowed with many fine qualities,\nbecame quenched."}},{"id":"thag20.1:20","sourceIds":["thag20.1:20.1","thag20.1:20.2","thag20.1:20.3","thag20.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aniccā vata saṅkhārā,\nuppādavayadhammino;\nUpajjitvā nirujjhanti,\ntesaṁ vūpasamo sukho.","en":"Oh! Conditions are impermanent,\ntheir nature is to rise and fall;\nhaving arisen, they cease;\ntheir settling is such bliss.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:21","sourceIds":["thag20.1:21.1","thag20.1:21.2","thag20.1:21.3","thag20.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhumaṁ te paṭivijjhanti,\nvālaggaṁ usunā yathā;\nYe pañcakkhandhe passanti,\nparato no ca attato.","en":"“Those who see the five aggregates\nas other, not as self,\npenetrate a subtle thing,\nlike a hair-tip with an arrow."}},{"id":"thag20.1:22","sourceIds":["thag20.1:22.1","thag20.1:22.2","thag20.1:22.3","thag20.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca passanti saṅkhāre,\nparato no ca attato;\nPaccabyādhiṁsu nipuṇaṁ,\nvālaggaṁ usunā yathā.","en":"Those who see conditions\nas alien, not as self,\npierce a fine thing,\nlike a hair-tip with an arrow.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:23","sourceIds":["thag20.1:23.1","thag20.1:23.2","thag20.1:23.3","thag20.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,\nḍayhamānova matthake;\nKāmarāgappahānāya,\nsato bhikkhu paribbaje.","en":"“Like they’re struck by a sword,\nlike their head was on fire,\na mendicant should wander mindful,\nto give up sensual desire."}},{"id":"thag20.1:24","sourceIds":["thag20.1:24.1","thag20.1:24.2","thag20.1:24.3","thag20.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,\nḍayhamānova matthake;\nBhavarāgappahānāya,\nsato bhikkhu paribbaje.","en":"Like they’re struck by a sword,\nlike their head was on fire,\na mendicant should wander mindful,\nto give up desire for rebirth.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:25","sourceIds":["thag20.1:25.1","thag20.1:25.2","thag20.1:25.3","thag20.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Codito bhāvitattena,\nsarīrantimadhārinā;\nMigāramātupāsādaṁ,\npādaṅguṭṭhena kampayiṁ.","en":"“Urged by the developed one,\nwho bore his final body,\nI shook the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother\nwith my big toe.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:26","sourceIds":["thag20.1:26.1","thag20.1:26.2","thag20.1:26.3","thag20.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nayidaṁ sithilamārabbha,\nnayidaṁ appena thāmasā;\nNibbānamadhigantabbaṁ,\nsabbaganthapamocanaṁ.","en":"“Not by being slack,\nor with little strength\nmay this be realized—extinguishment,\nthe release from all ties.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:27","sourceIds":["thag20.1:27.1","thag20.1:27.2","thag20.1:27.3","thag20.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ayañca daharo bhikkhu,\nayamuttamaporiso;\nDhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,\njetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.","en":"“This young monk,\nthis best of men,\nbears his final body,\nhaving vanquished Māra and his legions.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:28","sourceIds":["thag20.1:28.1","thag20.1:28.2","thag20.1:28.3","thag20.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vivaramanupabhanti vijjutā,\nVebhārassa ca paṇḍavassa ca;\nNagavivaragato jhāyati,\nPutto appaṭimassa tādino.","en":"“Lightning flashes down\non the cleft of Vebhāra and Paṇḍava.\nBut in the mountain cleft he is absorbed in jhāna—\nthe son of the Buddha, inimitable and unaffected.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:29","sourceIds":["thag20.1:29.1","thag20.1:29.2","thag20.1:29.3","thag20.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upasanto uparato,\npantasenāsano muni;\nDāyādo buddhaseṭṭhassa,\nbrahmunā abhivandito”.","en":"“Calm and still,\nthe sage in his remote lodging,\nthe heir to the best of Buddhas,\nis honored even by the Divinity."}},{"id":"thag20.1:30","sourceIds":["thag20.1:30.1","thag20.1:30.2","thag20.1:30.3","thag20.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upasantaṁ uparataṁ,\npantasenāsanaṁ muniṁ;\nDāyādaṁ buddhaseṭṭhassa,\nvanda brāhmaṇa kassapaṁ.","en":"Calm and still,\nthe sage in his remote lodging,\nis heir to the best of Buddhas:\nBrahmin, you should honor Kassapa!"}},{"id":"thag20.1:31","sourceIds":["thag20.1:31.1","thag20.1:31.2","thag20.1:31.3","thag20.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca jātisataṁ gacche,\nsabbā brāhmaṇajātiyo;\nSottiyo vedasampanno,\nmanussesu punappunaṁ.","en":"Even if someone were to be born again and again\na hundred times in the human realm,\nand always as a brahmin,\na student accomplished in the Vedas;"}},{"id":"thag20.1:32","sourceIds":["thag20.1:32.1","thag20.1:32.2","thag20.1:32.3","thag20.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhāyakopi ce assa,\ntiṇṇaṁ vedāna pāragū;\nEtassa vandanāyetaṁ,\nkalaṁ nāgghati soḷasiṁ.","en":"and if he were to become a reciter,\na master of the three Vedas:\nhonoring such a person\nisn’t worth a sixteenth of that."}},{"id":"thag20.1:33","sourceIds":["thag20.1:33.1","thag20.1:33.2","thag20.1:33.3","thag20.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo so aṭṭha vimokkhāni,\npurebhattaṁ aphassayi;\nAnulomaṁ paṭilomaṁ,\ntato piṇḍāya gacchati.","en":"One who attains the eight liberations\nforwards and backwards\nbefore breakfast,\nand then goes on almsround—"}},{"id":"thag20.1:34","sourceIds":["thag20.1:34.1","thag20.1:34.2","thag20.1:34.3","thag20.1:34.4","thag20.1:34.5","thag20.1:34.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tādisaṁ bhikkhuṁ māsādi,\nmāttānaṁ khaṇi brāhmaṇa;\nAbhippasādehi manaṁ,\narahantamhi tādine;\nKhippaṁ pañjaliko vanda,\nmā te vijaṭi matthakaṁ”.","en":"don’t attack such a mendicant!\nDon’t ruin yourself, brahmin!\nLet your heart have trust\nin the perfected one, the unaffected;\nquickly venerate him with cupped palms:\ndon’t let your head explode!”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:35","sourceIds":["thag20.1:35.1","thag20.1:35.2","thag20.1:35.3","thag20.1:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Neso passati saddhammaṁ,\nsaṁsārena purakkhato;\nAdhogamaṁ jimhapathaṁ,\nkummaggamanudhāvati.","en":"“If you prioritize transmigration,\nyou don’t see the true teaching.\nYou’re following a twisted path,\na bad path that will lead you down."}},{"id":"thag20.1:36","sourceIds":["thag20.1:36.1","thag20.1:36.2","thag20.1:36.3","thag20.1:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kimīva mīḷhasallitto,\nsaṅkhāre adhimucchito;\nPagāḷho lābhasakkāre,\ntuccho gacchati poṭṭhilo”.","en":"Like a worm smeared with dung,\nhe is besotted with conditions.\nConsumed by gain and honor,\nPoṭṭhila goes on, hollow.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:37","sourceIds":["thag20.1:37.1","thag20.1:37.2","thag20.1:37.3","thag20.1:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Imañca passa āyantaṁ,\nsāriputtaṁ sudassanaṁ;\nVimuttaṁ ubhatobhāge,\najjhattaṁ susamāhitaṁ.","en":"“See Sāriputta coming!\nIt is good to see him;\nhe is freed in both ways,\nserene inside himself;"}},{"id":"thag20.1:38","sourceIds":["thag20.1:38.1","thag20.1:38.2","thag20.1:38.3","thag20.1:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Visallaṁ khīṇasaṁyogaṁ,\ntevijjaṁ maccuhāyinaṁ;\nDakkhiṇeyyaṁ manussānaṁ,\npuññakkhettaṁ anuttaraṁ”.","en":"free of thorns, with yoking ended,\nmaster of the three knowledges, conqueror of death;\nworthy of offerings,\na supreme field of merit for the people.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:39","sourceIds":["thag20.1:39.1","thag20.1:39.2","thag20.1:39.3","thag20.1:39.4","thag20.1:39.5","thag20.1:39.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ete sambahulā devā,\niddhimanto yasassino;\nDasa devasahassāni,\nsabbe brahmapurohitā;\nMoggallānaṁ namassantā,\ntiṭṭhanti pañjalīkatā.","en":"“These many gods,\npowerful and glorious,\nall 10,000 of them,\nare priests of Divinity.\nThey stand with cupped palms\nhonoring Moggallāna:"}},{"id":"thag20.1:40","sourceIds":["thag20.1:40.1","thag20.1:40.2","thag20.1:40.3","thag20.1:40.4"],"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 teacher’s offerings.’"}},{"id":"thag20.1:41","sourceIds":["thag20.1:41.1","thag20.1:41.2","thag20.1:41.3","thag20.1:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pūjito naradevena,\nuppanno maraṇābhibhū;\nPuṇḍarīkaṁva toyena,\nsaṅkhārenupalippati.","en":"Venerated by the lordly god,\nhe has arisen, the master of death.\nHe is unsmeared by conditions,\nas a lotus-flower by water.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:42","sourceIds":["thag20.1:42.1","thag20.1:42.2","thag20.1:42.3","thag20.1:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa muhuttena sahassadhā loko,\nSaṁvidito sabrahmakappo vasi;\nIddhiguṇe cutupapāte kāle,\nPassati devatā sa bhikkhu”.","en":"“The mendicant by whom the galaxy\nwith the age of the Divinity are known in an hour—\nthat master of psychic ability sees the gods\nat the time they pass away and are reborn.”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:43","sourceIds":["thag20.1:43.1","thag20.1:43.2","thag20.1:43.3","thag20.1:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sāriputtova paññāya,\nsīlena upasamena ca;\nYopi pāraṅgato bhikkhu,\netāvaparamo siyā.","en":"“Sāriputta is full of wisdom,\nethics, and peace.\nEven a mendicant who has crossed over\nmight at best equal him."}},{"id":"thag20.1:44","sourceIds":["thag20.1:44.1","thag20.1:44.2","thag20.1:44.3","thag20.1:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Koṭisatasahassassa,\nAttabhāvaṁ khaṇena nimmine;\nAhaṁ vikubbanāsu kusalo,\nVasībhūtomhi iddhiyā.","en":"But in a moment I can create the likenesses\nof ten million times 100,000 people!\nI’m skilled in transformations;\nI’m a master of psychic powers."}},{"id":"thag20.1:45","sourceIds":["thag20.1:45.1","thag20.1:45.2","thag20.1:45.3","thag20.1:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samādhivijjāvasipāramīgato,\nMoggallānagotto asitassa sāsane;\nDhīro samucchindi samāhitindriyo,\nNāgo yathā pūtilataṁva bandhanaṁ.","en":"A member of the Moggallāna clan, attained to perfection and mastery\nin immersion and knowledge, wise in the teachings of the unattached,\nwith serene faculties, has burst his bonds\nlike an elephant bursts a vine."}},{"id":"thag20.1:46","sourceIds":["thag20.1:46.1","thag20.1:46.2","thag20.1:46.3","thag20.1:46.4"],"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":"thag20.1:47","sourceIds":["thag20.1:47.1","thag20.1:47.2","thag20.1:47.3","thag20.1:47.4"],"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":"thag20.1:48","sourceIds":["thag20.1:48.1","thag20.1:48.2","thag20.1:48.3","thag20.1:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kīdiso nirayo āsi,\nyattha dussī apaccatha;\nVidhuraṁ sāvakamāsajja,\nkakusandhañca brāhmaṇaṁ.","en":"“What kind of hell was that,\nwhere Dūsī was roasted\nafter attacking the disciple Vidhura\nalong with the brahmin Kakusandha?"}},{"id":"thag20.1:49","sourceIds":["thag20.1:49.1","thag20.1:49.2","thag20.1:49.3","thag20.1:49.4","thag20.1:49.5","thag20.1:49.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sataṁ āsi ayosaṅkū,\nsabbe paccattavedanā;\nĪdiso nirayo āsi,\nyattha dussī apaccatha;\nVidhuraṁ sāvakamāsajja,\nkakusandhañca brāhmaṇaṁ.","en":"There were 100 iron spikes,\neach one uniquely painful.\nThat’s the kind of hell\nwhere Dūsī was roasted\nafter attacking the disciple Vidhura\nalong with the brahmin Kakusandha."}},{"id":"thag20.1:50","sourceIds":["thag20.1:50.1","thag20.1:50.2","thag20.1:50.3","thag20.1:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo etamabhijānāti,\nbhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;\nTādisaṁ bhikkhumāsajja,\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:51","sourceIds":["thag20.1:51.1","thag20.1:51.2","thag20.1:51.3","thag20.1:51.4","thag20.1:51.5","thag20.1:51.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Majjhesarasmiṁ tiṭṭhanti,\nvimānā kappaṭhāyino;\nVeḷuriyavaṇṇā rucirā,\naccimanto pabhassarā;\nAccharā tattha naccanti,\nputhu nānattavaṇṇiyo.","en":"There are mansions that last an eon\nstanding in the middle of a lake.\nSapphire-colored, brilliant,\nthey sparkle and shine.\nDancing there are nymphs\nshining in all different colors."}},{"id":"thag20.1:52","sourceIds":["thag20.1:52.1","thag20.1:52.2","thag20.1:52.3","thag20.1:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo etamabhijānāti,\n… pe\n…\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:53","sourceIds":["thag20.1:53.1","thag20.1:53.2","thag20.1:53.3","thag20.1:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ve buddhena codito,\nbhikkhusaṅghassa pekkhato;\nMigāramātupāsādaṁ,\npādaṅguṭṭhena kampayi.","en":"I’m the one who, urged by the Buddha,\nshook the stilt longhouse of Migāra’s mother\nwith his big toe\nas the Saṅgha of mendicants watched."}},{"id":"thag20.1:54","sourceIds":["thag20.1:54.1","thag20.1:54.2","thag20.1:54.3","thag20.1:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo etamabhijānāti,\n… pe\n…\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:55","sourceIds":["thag20.1:55.1","thag20.1:55.2","thag20.1:55.3","thag20.1:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo vejayantapāsādaṁ,\npādaṅguṭṭhena kampayi;\nIddhibalenupatthaddho,\nsaṁvejesi ca devatā.","en":"I’m the one who shook the Palace of Victory\nwith his big toe\nowing to psychic power,\ninspiring deities to awe."}},{"id":"thag20.1:56","sourceIds":["thag20.1:56.1","thag20.1:56.2","thag20.1:56.3","thag20.1:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo etamabhijānāti,\n… pe\n…\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:57","sourceIds":["thag20.1:57.1","thag20.1:57.2","thag20.1:57.3","thag20.1:57.4","thag20.1:57.5","thag20.1:57.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo vejayantapāsāde,\nsakkaṁ so paripucchati;\nApi āvuso jānāsi,\ntaṇhakkhayavimuttiyo;\nTassa sakko viyākāsi,\npañhaṁ puṭṭho yathātathaṁ”.","en":"I’m the one who asked Sakka\nin the Palace of Victory:\n‘Respectable sir, I hope you recall\nthe one who is freed through the ending of craving?’\nAnd I’m the one to whom Sakka\nadmitted the truth when asked."}},{"id":"thag20.1:58","sourceIds":["thag20.1:58.1","thag20.1:58.2","thag20.1:58.3","thag20.1:58.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo etamabhijānāti,\n… pe\n…\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:59","sourceIds":["thag20.1:59.1","thag20.1:59.2","thag20.1:59.3","thag20.1:59.4","thag20.1:59.5","thag20.1:59.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo brahmānaṁ paripucchati,\nSudhammāyaṁ ṭhito sabhaṁ;\nAjjāpi tyāvuso sā diṭṭhi,\nYā te diṭṭhi pure ahu;\nPassasi vītivattantaṁ,\nBrahmaloke pabhassaraṁ.","en":"I’m the one who asked the Divinity\nin the Hall of Clear Right before the assembly:\n‘Respectable sir, do you still have the same view\nthat you had in the past?\nOr do you see the radiance\nsurpassing the realm of divinity?’"}},{"id":"thag20.1:60","sourceIds":["thag20.1:60.1","thag20.1:60.2","thag20.1:60.3","thag20.1:60.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa brahmā viyākāsi,\npañhaṁ puṭṭho yathātathaṁ;\nNa me mārisa sā diṭṭhi,\nyā me diṭṭhi pure ahu.","en":"And I’m the one to whom the Divinity\nadmitted the truth when asked.\n‘Good fellow, I don’t have that view\nthat I had in the past."}},{"id":"thag20.1:61","sourceIds":["thag20.1:61.1","thag20.1:61.2","thag20.1:61.3","thag20.1:61.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Passāmi vītivattantaṁ,\nbrahmaloke pabhassaraṁ;\nSohaṁ ajja kathaṁ vajjaṁ,\nahaṁ niccomhi sassato”.","en":"I see the radiance\nsurpassing the realm of divinity.\nSo how could I say today\nthat I am permanent and eternal?’"}},{"id":"thag20.1:62","sourceIds":["thag20.1:62.1","thag20.1:62.2","thag20.1:62.3","thag20.1:62.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yo etamabhijānāti,\n… pe\n…\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:63","sourceIds":["thag20.1:63.1","thag20.1:63.2","thag20.1:63.3","thag20.1:63.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo mahāneruno kūṭaṁ,\nvimokkhena aphassayi;\nVanaṁ pubbavidehānaṁ,\nye ca bhūmisayā narā.","en":"I’m the one who touched the peak of Mount Neru\nusing the power of meditative liberation.\nI’ve visited the forests of the people\nwho dwell in the land east of Videha."}},{"id":"thag20.1:64","sourceIds":["thag20.1:64.1","thag20.1:64.2","thag20.1:64.3","thag20.1:64.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo etamabhijānāti,\nbhikkhu buddhassa sāvako;\nTādisaṁ bhikkhumāsajja,\nkaṇha dukkhaṁ nigacchasi.","en":"Dark One, if you attack\na mendicant who directly knows this,\na disciple of the Buddha,\nyou’ll fall into suffering."}},{"id":"thag20.1:65","sourceIds":["thag20.1:65.1","thag20.1:65.2","thag20.1:65.3","thag20.1:65.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na ve aggi cetayati,\nahaṁ bālaṁ ḍahāmīti;\nBālova jalitaṁ aggiṁ,\nāsajja naṁ paḍayhati.","en":"Though a fire doesn’t think,\n‘I’ll burn the fool!’\nStill the fool who attacks\nthe fire gets burnt."}},{"id":"thag20.1:66","sourceIds":["thag20.1:66.1","thag20.1:66.2","thag20.1:66.3","thag20.1:66.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evamevaṁ tuvaṁ māra,\nāsajja naṁ tathāgataṁ;\nSayaṁ ḍahissasi attānaṁ,\nbālo aggiṁva samphusaṁ.","en":"In the same way, Māra,\nin attacking the Realized One,\nyou’ll only burn yourself,\nlike a fool touching the flames."}},{"id":"thag20.1:67","sourceIds":["thag20.1:67.1","thag20.1:67.2","thag20.1:67.3","thag20.1:67.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Apuññaṁ pasavī māro,\nāsajja naṁ tathāgataṁ;\nKiṁ nu maññasi pāpima,\nna me pāpaṁ vipaccati.","en":"Māra’s done a bad thing\nin attacking the Realized One.\nWicked One, do you imagine that\nyour wickedness won’t bear fruit?"}},{"id":"thag20.1:68","sourceIds":["thag20.1:68.1","thag20.1:68.2","thag20.1:68.3","thag20.1:68.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Karato te cīyate pāpaṁ,\ncirarattāya antaka;\nMāra nibbinda buddhamhā,\nāsaṁ mākāsi bhikkhusu”.","en":"Your deeds heap up wickedness\nthat will last a long time, terminator!\nGive up on the Buddha, Māra!\nAnd hold no hope for the mendicants!”"}},{"id":"thag20.1:69","sourceIds":["thag20.1:69.1","thag20.1:69.2","thag20.1:69.3","thag20.1:69.4","thag20.1:69.5","thag20.1:69.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Iti māraṁ atajjesi,\nbhikkhu bhesakaḷāvane;\nTato so dummano yakkho,\ntatthevantaradhāyathā”ti.\nItthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā mahāmoggallāno thero gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.\nSaṭṭhinipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"That is how, in the Bhesekaḷā grove,\nthe mendicant warned Māra.\nThat spirit, downcast,\ndisappeared right there.\nThat is how these verses were recited by the senior venerable Mahāmoggallāna.\nThe Book of the Sixties is finished."}},{"id":"thag20.1:70","sourceIds":["thag20.1:70.0","thag20.1:70.1","thag20.1:70.2","thag20.1:70.3","thag20.1:70.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nSaṭṭhikamhi nipātamhi,\nmoggallāno mahiddhiko;\nEkova theragāthāyo,\naṭṭhasaṭṭhi bhavanti tāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag20.1/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."}