{"id":"thag4.4","title":"Nandaka (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag4.4","title":"Nandaka (2nd)","units":[{"id":"thag4.4:0","sourceIds":["thag4.4:0.1","thag4.4:0.2","thag4.4:0.3","thag4.4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 4.4\nCatukkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nNandakattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 4.4\nThe Book of the Fours\nChapter One\nNandaka (2nd)"}},{"id":"thag4.4:1","sourceIds":["thag4.4:1.1","thag4.4:1.2","thag4.4:1.3","thag4.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dhiratthu pūre duggandhe,\nmārapakkhe avassute;\nNavasotāni te kāye,\nyāni sandanti sabbadā.","en":"Curse you mortal frame, you stink!\nYou’re on Māra’s side, you fester!\nO body, you have nine streams\nthat are flowing all the time."}},{"id":"thag4.4:2","sourceIds":["thag4.4:2.1","thag4.4:2.2","thag4.4:2.3","thag4.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mā purāṇaṁ amaññittho,\nmāsādesi tathāgate;\nSaggepi te na rajjanti,\nkimaṅgaṁ pana mānuse.","en":"Don’t think much of mortal frames;\ndon’t disparage the Realized Ones.\nThey’re not even aroused by heaven,\nlet alone by humans."}},{"id":"thag4.4:3","sourceIds":["thag4.4:3.1","thag4.4:3.2","thag4.4:3.3","thag4.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ye ca kho bālā dummedhā,\ndummantī mohapārutā;\nTādisā tattha rajjanti,\nmārakhittamhi bandhane.","en":"But those who are fools and simpletons,\nwith bad advisors, wrapped in delusion,\nthat kind of person is aroused by bodies,\nwhen Māra has laid down the snare."}},{"id":"thag4.4:4","sourceIds":["thag4.4:4.1","thag4.4:4.2","thag4.4:4.3","thag4.4:4.4","thag4.4:4.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca,\navijjā ca virājitā;\nTādī tattha na rajjanti,\nchinnasuttā abandhanā”ti.\n… Nandako thero ….","en":"Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance\nhave faded away;\nsuch people are not aroused by bodies,\nthey’ve cut the strings, unbound."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag4.4/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."}