Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Theragāthā 1.77

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.77

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Aṭṭhamavagga

Chapter Eight

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Hatthārohaputtattheragāthā

Hatthārohaputta

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“Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,

In the past my mind wandered

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Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;

how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.

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Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,

Now I’ll carefully guide it,

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Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho”ti.

as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.

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… Hatthārohaputto thero ….