{"id":"thag4.11","title":"Sappaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag4.11","title":"Sappaka","units":[{"id":"thag4.11:0","sourceIds":["thag4.11:0.1","thag4.11:0.2","thag4.11:0.3","thag4.11:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 4.11\nCatukkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSappakattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 4.11\nThe Book of the Fours\nChapter One\nSappaka"}},{"id":"thag4.11:1","sourceIds":["thag4.11:1.1","thag4.11:1.2","thag4.11:1.3","thag4.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā balākā sucipaṇḍaracchadā,\nKāḷassa meghassa bhayena tajjitā;\nPalehiti ālayamālayesinī,\nTadā nadī ajakaraṇī rameti maṁ.","en":"When the crane with its beautiful white wings,\nstartled by fear of the dark cloud,\nflees, seeking shelter—\nthen the River Ajakaraṇī delights me."}},{"id":"thag4.11:2","sourceIds":["thag4.11:2.1","thag4.11:2.2","thag4.11:2.3","thag4.11:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā balākā suvisuddhapaṇḍarā,\nKāḷassa meghassa bhayena tajjitā;\nPariyesati leṇamaleṇadassinī,\nTadā nadī ajakaraṇī rameti maṁ.","en":"When the crane, so very pure and white,\nstartled by fear of the dark rcloud,\nseeks a cave to shelter in, but can’t see one—\nthen the River Ajakaraṇī delights me."}},{"id":"thag4.11:3","sourceIds":["thag4.11:3.1","thag4.11:3.2","thag4.11:3.3","thag4.11:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kaṁ nu tattha na ramenti,\njambuyo ubhato tahiṁ;\nSobhenti āpagākūlaṁ,\nmama leṇassa pacchato.","en":"Who wouldn’t be delighted\nby the black plum trees\nthat grace both banks of the river,\nthere, behind my cave?"}},{"id":"thag4.11:4","sourceIds":["thag4.11:4.1","thag4.11:4.2","thag4.11:4.3","thag4.11:4.4","thag4.11:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tāmatamadasaṅghasuppahīnā,\nBhekā mandavatī panādayanti;\n‘Nājja girinadīhi vippavāsasamayo,\nKhemā ajakaraṇī sivā surammā’”ti.\n… Sappako thero ….","en":"Well rid of the pack of jackals, mad for the dead,\nthe lazy frogs croak:\n“Today is no time to stray from mountain streams;\nAjakaraṇī is safe, pleasant, and delightful.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag4.11/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."}