{"id":"thag7.4","title":"Sopāka (2nd)","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag7.4","title":"Sopāka (2nd)","units":[{"id":"thag7.4:0","sourceIds":["thag7.4:0.1","thag7.4:0.2","thag7.4:0.3","thag7.4:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 7.4\nSattakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nSopākattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 7.4\nThe Book of the Sevens\nChapter One\nSopāka (2nd)"}},{"id":"thag7.4:1","sourceIds":["thag7.4:1.1","thag7.4:1.2","thag7.4:1.3","thag7.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Disvā pāsādachāyāyaṁ,\ncaṅkamantaṁ naruttamaṁ;\nTattha naṁ upasaṅkamma,\nvandissaṁ purisuttamaṁ.","en":"I saw the supreme man\nwalking mindfully in the shade of the terrace,\nso I approached,\nand bowed to the supreme among men."}},{"id":"thag7.4:2","sourceIds":["thag7.4:2.1","thag7.4:2.2","thag7.4:2.3","thag7.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ekaṁsaṁ cīvaraṁ katvā,\nsaṁharitvāna pāṇayo;\nAnucaṅkamissaṁ virajaṁ,\nsabbasattānamuttamaṁ.","en":"Arranging my robe over one shoulder\nand clasping my hands together,\nI walked alongside that stainless one,\nsupreme among all beings."}},{"id":"thag7.4:3","sourceIds":["thag7.4:3.1","thag7.4:3.2","thag7.4:3.3","thag7.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato pañhe apucchi maṁ,\npañhānaṁ kovido vidū;\nAcchambhī ca abhīto ca,\nbyākāsiṁ satthuno ahaṁ.","en":"The wise one, expert in questions,\nquestioned me.\nBrave and fearless,\nI answered the Teacher."}},{"id":"thag7.4:4","sourceIds":["thag7.4:4.1","thag7.4:4.2","thag7.4:4.3","thag7.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vissajjitesu pañhesu,\nanumodi tathāgato;\nBhikkhusaṅghaṁ viloketvā,\nimamatthaṁ abhāsatha.","en":"When all his questions were answered,\nthe Realized One congratulated me.\nLooking around the mendicant Saṅgha,\nhe said the following:"}},{"id":"thag7.4:5","sourceIds":["thag7.4:5.1","thag7.4:5.2","thag7.4:5.3","thag7.4:5.4","thag7.4:5.5","thag7.4:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"‘Lābhā aṅgānaṁ magadhānaṁ,\nYesāyaṁ paribhuñjati;\nCīvaraṁ piṇḍapātañca,\nPaccayaṁ sayanāsanaṁ;\nPaccuṭṭhānañca sāmīciṁ,\nTesaṁ lābhāti cābravi.","en":"“It is a blessing for the people of Aṅga and Magadha\nthat this person enjoys their\nrobe and almsfood,\nrequisites and lodgings,\ntheir respect and service—\nit’s a blessing for them,” he declared."}},{"id":"thag7.4:6","sourceIds":["thag7.4:6.1","thag7.4:6.2","thag7.4:6.3","thag7.4:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjatagge maṁ sopāka,\ndassanāyopasaṅkama;\nEsā ceva te sopāka,\nbhavatu upasampadā’.","en":"“Sopāka, from this day on\nyou are invited to come and see me.\nAnd Sopāka, let this\nbe your ordination.”"}},{"id":"thag7.4:7","sourceIds":["thag7.4:7.1","thag7.4:7.2","thag7.4:7.3","thag7.4:7.4","thag7.4:7.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jātiyā sattavassohaṁ,\nladdhāna upasampadaṁ;\nDhāremi antimaṁ dehaṁ,\naho dhammasudhammatā”ti.\n… Sopāko thero ….","en":"At seven years old\nI received ordination.\nI bear my final body—\noh, the clear rightness of the teaching!"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag7.4/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."}