{"id":"thag7.1","title":"Sundarasamudda","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag7.1","title":"Sundarasamudda","units":[{"id":"thag7.1:0","sourceIds":["thag7.1:0.1","thag7.1:0.2","thag7.1:0.3","thag7.1:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 7.1\nSattakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSundarasamuddattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 7.1\nThe Book of the Sevens\nChapter One\nSundarasamudda"}},{"id":"thag7.1:1","sourceIds":["thag7.1:1.1","thag7.1:1.2","thag7.1:1.3","thag7.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Alaṅkatā suvasanā,\nmāladhārī vibhūsitā;\nAlattakakatāpādā,\npādukāruyha vesikā.","en":"Adorned with jewelry and all dressed up,\nwith her garland and her makeup on,\nand her feet so brightly rouged:\nthe courtesan was wearing slippers."}},{"id":"thag7.1:2","sourceIds":["thag7.1:2.1","thag7.1:2.2","thag7.1:2.3","thag7.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pādukā oruhitvāna,\npurato pañjalīkatā;\nSā maṁ saṇhena mudunā,\nmhitapubbaṁ abhāsatha.","en":"Taking off her slippers in front of me,\nher palms joined in greeting,\nsmiling, she spoke to me\nso softly and so sweet:"}},{"id":"thag7.1:3","sourceIds":["thag7.1:3.1","thag7.1:3.2","thag7.1:3.3","thag7.1:3.4","thag7.1:3.5","thag7.1:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yuvāsi tvaṁ pabbajito,\ntiṭṭhāhi mama sāsane;\nBhuñja mānusake kāme,\nahaṁ vittaṁ dadāmi te;\nSaccaṁ te paṭijānāmi,\naggiṁ vā te harāmahaṁ.","en":"“You’re too young to go forth—\ncome, stay in my teaching!\nEnjoy human sensual pleasures,\nI’ll give you riches.\nI promise this is the truth—\nI swear it by the Sacred Flame."}},{"id":"thag7.1:4","sourceIds":["thag7.1:4.1","thag7.1:4.2","thag7.1:4.3","thag7.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadā jiṇṇā bhavissāma,\nubho daṇḍaparāyanā;\nUbhopi pabbajissāma,\nubhayattha kaṭaggaho.","en":"And when we’ve grown old together,\nboth of us leaning on staffs,\nwe shall both go forth,\nand hold a winning hand on both counts.”"}},{"id":"thag7.1:5","sourceIds":["thag7.1:5.1","thag7.1:5.2","thag7.1:5.3","thag7.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tañca disvāna yācantiṁ,\nvesikaṁ pañjalīkataṁ;\nAlaṅkataṁ suvasanaṁ,\nmaccupāsaṁva oḍḍitaṁ.","en":"I saw the courtesan seducing me,\nher palms joined in greeting,\nadorned with jewelry and all dressed up,\nset up like a snare of death."}},{"id":"thag7.1:6","sourceIds":["thag7.1:6.1","thag7.1:6.2","thag7.1:6.3","thag7.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato me manasīkāro,\n… pe\n…\nnibbidā samatiṭṭhatha.","en":"Then the realization\ncame upon me—\nthe danger became clear\nand I grew firmly disillusioned."}},{"id":"thag7.1:7","sourceIds":["thag7.1:7.1","thag7.1:7.2","thag7.1:7.3","thag7.1:7.4","thag7.1:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato cittaṁ vimucci me,\n… pe\n…\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.\n… Sundarasamuddo thero ….","en":"Then my mind was freed—\nsee the excellence of the Dhamma!\nI’ve attained the three knowledges,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag7.1/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."}