Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Theragāthā 1.72

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.72

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Aṭṭhamavagga

Chapter Eight

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Ātumattheragāthā

Ātuma

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“Yathā kaḷīro susu vaḍḍhitaggo,

A young bamboo is hard to extract

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Dunnikkhamo hoti pasākhajāto;

when the point is grown and become all woody.

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Evaṁ ahaṁ bhariyāyānitāya,

That’s how I feel with the wife <j>who was arranged for me.

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Anumaññaṁ maṁ pabbajitomhi dānī”ti.

Give me permission—now I’ve gone forth.

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… Ātumo thero ….