{"id":"thag6.1","title":"Uruveḷakassapa","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag6.1","title":"Uruveḷakassapa","units":[{"id":"thag6.1:0","sourceIds":["thag6.1:0.1","thag6.1:0.2","thag6.1:0.3","thag6.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 6.1\nChakkanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nUruveḷakassapattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 6.1\nThe Book of the Sixes\nChapter One\nUruveḷakassapa"}},{"id":"thag6.1:1","sourceIds":["thag6.1:1.1","thag6.1:1.2","thag6.1:1.3","thag6.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Disvāna pāṭihīrāni,\ngotamassa yasassino;\nNa tāvāhaṁ paṇipatiṁ,\nissāmānena vañcito.","en":"Seeing the demonstrations\nof the renowned Gotama\nwas not enough for me to bow to him—\nI was blinded by jealousy and conceit."}},{"id":"thag6.1:2","sourceIds":["thag6.1:2.1","thag6.1:2.2","thag6.1:2.3","thag6.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mama saṅkappamaññāya,\ncodesi narasārathi;\nTato me āsi saṁvego,\nabbhuto lomahaṁsano.","en":"Knowing my thoughts,\nthe trainer of men scolded me.\nI was struck with a sense of urgency,\nso astonishing and hair-raising!"}},{"id":"thag6.1:3","sourceIds":["thag6.1:3.1","thag6.1:3.2","thag6.1:3.3","thag6.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbe jaṭilabhūtassa,\nyā me siddhi parittikā;\nTāhaṁ tadā nirākatvā,\npabbajiṁ jinasāsane.","en":"Setting aside the petty powers\nI had before as a matted-hair ascetic,\nI then went forth\nin the victor’s instruction."}},{"id":"thag6.1:4","sourceIds":["thag6.1:4.1","thag6.1:4.2","thag6.1:4.3","thag6.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbe yaññena santuṭṭho,\nkāmadhātupurakkhato;\nPacchā rāgañca dosañca,\nmohañcāpi samūhaniṁ.","en":"I used to be content with sacrifice,\nthe realm of sensual pleasures was my priority.\nBut later I eradicated desire,\nand hatred and also delusion."}},{"id":"thag6.1:5","sourceIds":["thag6.1:5.1","thag6.1:5.2","thag6.1:5.3","thag6.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,\ndibbacakkhu visodhitaṁ;\nIddhimā paracittaññū,\ndibbasotañca pāpuṇiṁ.","en":"I know my past lives;\nmy clairvoyance is clarified;\nI have psychic powers, and know the minds of others;\nI have attained clairaudience."}},{"id":"thag6.1:6","sourceIds":["thag6.1:6.1","thag6.1:6.2","thag6.1:6.3","thag6.1:6.4","thag6.1:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa catthāya pabbajito,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nSo me attho anuppatto,\nsabbasaṁyojanakkhayo”ti.\n… Uruveḷakassapo thero ….","en":"I’ve attained the goal\nfor the sake of which I went forth\nfrom the lay life to homelessness—\nthe ending of all fetters."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag6.1/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."}