Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Theragāthā 1.5

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.5

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Dabbattheragāthā

Dabba

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“Yo duddamiyo damena danto,

Once hard to tame, now tamed himself;

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Dabbo santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho;

clever, content, with doubt overcome;

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Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi,

victorious since his fears have vanished:

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Dabbo so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.

Dabba is steadfast, and has become fully quenched.

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Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā dabbo thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.

That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Dabba.