{"id":"thag8.3","title":"Mahāpanthaka","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thag8.3","title":"Mahāpanthaka","units":[{"id":"thag8.3:0","sourceIds":["thag8.3:0.1","thag8.3:0.2","thag8.3:0.3","thag8.3:0.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Theragāthā 8.3\nAṭṭhakanipāta\nPaṭhamavagga\nMahāpanthakattheragāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Monks 8.3\nThe Book of the Eights\nChapter One\nMahāpanthaka"}},{"id":"thag8.3:1","sourceIds":["thag8.3:1.1","thag8.3:1.2","thag8.3:1.3","thag8.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Yadā paṭhamamaddakkhiṁ,\nsatthāramakutobhayaṁ;\nTato me ahu saṁvego,\npassitvā purisuttamaṁ.","en":"When I first saw the Teacher\nwho fears nothing from any quarter,\nI was struck with a sense of urgency,\nseeing the supreme among men."}},{"id":"thag8.3:2","sourceIds":["thag8.3:2.1","thag8.3:2.2","thag8.3:2.3","thag8.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Siriṁ hatthehi pādehi,\nyo paṇāmeyya āgataṁ;\nEtādisaṁ so satthāraṁ,\nārādhetvā virādhaye.","en":"Anyone who, having found such a Teacher,\nwould lose them again,\nis like one who, when approached by Lady Luck,\nwould ward her off with their hands and feet."}},{"id":"thag8.3:3","sourceIds":["thag8.3:3.1","thag8.3:3.2","thag8.3:3.3","thag8.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tadāhaṁ puttadārañca,\ndhanadhaññañca chaḍḍayiṁ;\nKesamassūni chedetvā,\npabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ.","en":"Then I left behind my children and wives,\nmy riches and my grain;\nI had my hair and beard cut off,\nand went forth to homelessness."}},{"id":"thag8.3:4","sourceIds":["thag8.3:4.1","thag8.3:4.2","thag8.3:4.3","thag8.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sikkhāsājīvasampanno,\nindriyesu susaṁvuto;\nNamassamāno sambuddhaṁ,\nvihāsiṁ aparājito.","en":"Endowed with the monastic training and livelihood,\nmy sense faculties well-restrained,\npaying homage to the Buddha,\nI meditated undefeated."}},{"id":"thag8.3:5","sourceIds":["thag8.3:5.1","thag8.3:5.2","thag8.3:5.3","thag8.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato me paṇidhī āsi,\ncetaso abhipatthito;\nNa nisīde muhuttampi,\ntaṇhāsalle anūhate.","en":"Then a wish occurred to me,\nmy heart’s truest wish:\nI wouldn’t sit down, not even for a short while,\nuntil the dart of craving was plucked."}},{"id":"thag8.3:6","sourceIds":["thag8.3:6.1","thag8.3:6.2","thag8.3:6.3","thag8.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa mevaṁ viharato,\npassa vīriyaparakkamaṁ;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"As I meditate like this,\nsee my energy and vigor!\nI’ve attained the three knowledges,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thag8.3:7","sourceIds":["thag8.3:7.1","thag8.3:7.2","thag8.3:7.3","thag8.3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,\ndibbacakkhu visodhitaṁ;\nArahā dakkhiṇeyyomhi,\nvippamutto nirūpadhi.","en":"I know my past lives,\nmy clairvoyance is clarified;\nI’m perfected, worthy of offerings,\nliberated, free of attachments."}},{"id":"thag8.3:8","sourceIds":["thag8.3:8.1","thag8.3:8.2","thag8.3:8.3","thag8.3:8.4","thag8.3:8.5","thag8.3:8.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ratyā vivasāne,\nsūriyuggamanaṁ pati;\nSabbaṁ taṇhaṁ visosetvā,\npallaṅkena upāvisin”ti.\n… Mahāpanthako thero …\nAṭṭhakanipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"Then, at the end of the night,\nas the rising of the sun drew near,\nall craving was dried up,\nso I sat down cross-legged."}},{"id":"thag8.3:9","sourceIds":["thag8.3:9.0","thag8.3:9.1","thag8.3:9.2","thag8.3:9.3","thag8.3:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatruddānaṁ\nMahākaccāyano thero,\nsirimitto mahāpanthako;\nEte aṭṭhanipātamhi,\ngāthāyo catuvīsatīti."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thag8.3/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."}