{"id":"thag5.9","title":"Vijitasena","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag5.9","title":"Vijitasena","units":[{"id":"thag5.9:0","sourceIds":["thag5.9:0.1","thag5.9:0.2","thag5.9:0.3","thag5.9:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 5.9\nPañcakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nVijitasenattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 5.9\nThe Book of the Fives\nChapter One\nVijitasena"}},{"id":"thag5.9:1","sourceIds":["thag5.9:1.1","thag5.9:1.2","thag5.9:1.3","thag5.9:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Olaggessāmi te citta,\nāṇidvāreva hatthinaṁ;\nNa taṁ pāpe niyojessaṁ,\nkāmajāla sarīraja.","en":"I’ll cage you, mind,\nlike an elephant in a stockade.\nBorn of the flesh, that net of the senses,\nI won’t urge you to do bad."}},{"id":"thag5.9:2","sourceIds":["thag5.9:2.1","thag5.9:2.2","thag5.9:2.3","thag5.9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tvaṁ olaggo na gacchasi,\nDvāravivaraṁ gajova alabhanto;\nNa ca cittakali punappunaṁ,\nPasakka pāparato carissasi.","en":"Caged, you won’t go anywhere,\nlike an elephant who can’t find an open gate.\nLoser mind, you won’t wander again and again,\nbullying, in love with wickedness."}},{"id":"thag5.9:3","sourceIds":["thag5.9:3.1","thag5.9:3.2","thag5.9:3.3","thag5.9:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā kuñjaraṁ adantaṁ,\nNavaggahamaṅkusaggaho;\nBalavā āvatteti akāmaṁ,\nEvaṁ āvattayissaṁ taṁ.","en":"Just as a strong trainer with a hook\ntakes a wild, newly captured elephant\nand wins it over against its will,\nso I’ll win you over."}},{"id":"thag5.9:4","sourceIds":["thag5.9:4.1","thag5.9:4.2","thag5.9:4.3","thag5.9:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā varahayadamakusalo,\nSārathi pavaro dameti ājaññaṁ;\nEvaṁ damayissaṁ taṁ,\nPatiṭṭhito pañcasu balesu.","en":"Just as a fine charioteer, skilled in the taming\nof fine horses, tames a thoroughbred,\nso I’ll tame you,\nfirmly established in the five powers."}},{"id":"thag5.9:5","sourceIds":["thag5.9:5.1","thag5.9:5.2","thag5.9:5.3","thag5.9:5.4","thag5.9:5.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satiyā taṁ nibandhissaṁ,\nPayutto te damessāmi;\nVīriyadhuraniggahito,\nNa yito dūraṁ gamissase cittā”ti.\n… Vijitaseno thero ….","en":"I’ll bind you with mindfulness;\ndevout, I shall tame you;\nkept in check by harnessed energy,\nmind, you won’t go far from here."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag5.9/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."}