{"id":"thag4.12","title":"Mudita","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag4.12","title":"Mudita","units":[{"id":"thag4.12:0","sourceIds":["thag4.12:0.1","thag4.12:0.2","thag4.12:0.3","thag4.12:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 4.12\nCatukkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nMuditattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 4.12\nThe Book of the Fours\nChapter One\nMudita"}},{"id":"thag4.12:1","sourceIds":["thag4.12:1.1","thag4.12:1.2","thag4.12:1.3","thag4.12:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pabbajiṁ jīvikatthohaṁ,\nladdhāna upasampadaṁ;\nTato saddhaṁ paṭilabhiṁ,\ndaḷhavīriyo parakkamiṁ.","en":"I went forth to save my life.\nBut I embraced faith\nafter receiving full ordination.\nI strove, strong in effort:"}},{"id":"thag4.12:2","sourceIds":["thag4.12:2.1","thag4.12:2.2","thag4.12:2.3","thag4.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmaṁ bhijjatuyaṁ kāyo,\nmaṁsapesī visīyaruṁ;\nUbho jaṇṇukasandhīhi,\njaṅghāyo papatantu me.","en":"Gladly, let this body be broken!\nLet this scrap of meat disintegrate!\nLet both my legs fall off\nat the knees!"}},{"id":"thag4.12:3","sourceIds":["thag4.12:3.1","thag4.12:3.2","thag4.12:3.3","thag4.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nāsissaṁ na pivissāmi,\nvihārā ca na nikkhame;\nNapi passaṁ nipātessaṁ,\ntaṇhāsalle anūhate.","en":"I won’t eat, I won’t drink,\nI won’t leave my dwelling,\nnor will I lie down on my side,\nuntil the dart of craving is plucked."}},{"id":"thag4.12:4","sourceIds":["thag4.12:4.1","thag4.12:4.2","thag4.12:4.3","thag4.12:4.4","thag4.12:4.5","thag4.12:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mevaṁ viharato,\npassa vīriyaparakkamaṁ;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.\n… Mudito thero …\nCatukkanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"As I meditate like this,\nsee my energy and vigor!\nI’ve attained the three knowledges\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thag4.12:5","sourceIds":["thag4.12:5.0","thag4.12:5.1","thag4.12:5.2","thag4.12:5.3","thag4.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nNāgasamālo bhagu ca,\nsabhiyo nandakopi ca;\nJambuko senako thero,\nsambhūto rāhulopi ca."}},{"id":"thag4.12:6","sourceIds":["thag4.12:6.1","thag4.12:6.2","thag4.12:6.3","thag4.12:6.4","thag4.12:6.5","thag4.12:6.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhavati candano thero,\ndasete buddhasāvakā;\nDhammiko sappako thero,\nmudito cāpi te tayo;\nGāthāyo dve ca paññāsa,\ntherā sabbepi terasāti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag4.12/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."}