{"id":"thag4.1","title":"Nāgasamāla","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag4.1","title":"Nāgasamāla","units":[{"id":"thag4.1:0","sourceIds":["thag4.1:0.1","thag4.1:0.2","thag4.1:0.3","thag4.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 4.1\nCatukkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nNāgasamālattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 4.1\nThe Book of the Fours\nChapter One\nNāgasamāla"}},{"id":"thag4.1:1","sourceIds":["thag4.1:1.1","thag4.1:1.2","thag4.1:1.3","thag4.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Alaṅkatā suvasanā,\nmālinī candanussadā;\nMajjhe mahāpathe nārī,\ntūriye naccati naṭṭakī.","en":"Adorned with jewelry and all dressed up,\nwith garlands, and sandalwood makeup piled on,\nalong the main street is a lady—\na dancer dancing as the music plays."}},{"id":"thag4.1:2","sourceIds":["thag4.1:2.1","thag4.1:2.2","thag4.1:2.3","thag4.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piṇḍikāya paviṭṭhohaṁ,\ngacchanto naṁ udikkhisaṁ;\nAlaṅkataṁ suvasanaṁ,\nmaccupāsaṁva oḍḍitaṁ.","en":"I entered for alms,\nand while walking along I glanced at her,\nadorned with jewelry and all dressed up,\nset up like a snare of death."}},{"id":"thag4.1:3","sourceIds":["thag4.1:3.1","thag4.1:3.2","thag4.1:3.3","thag4.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato me manasīkāro,\nyoniso udapajjatha;\nĀdīnavo pāturahu,\nnibbidā samatiṭṭhatha.","en":"Then the realization\ncame upon me—\nthe danger became clear,\nand I grew firmly disillusioned."}},{"id":"thag4.1:4","sourceIds":["thag4.1:4.1","thag4.1:4.2","thag4.1:4.3","thag4.1:4.4","thag4.1:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato cittaṁ vimucci me,\npassa dhammasudhammataṁ;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.\n… Nāgasamālo thero ….","en":"Then my mind was freed—\nbehold the clear rightness of the teaching!\nI’ve attained the three knowledges\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag4.1/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."}