Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Theragāthā 1.8

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.8

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Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Vīrattheragāthā

Vīra

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“Yo duddamiyo damena danto,

Once hard to tame, now tamed himself;

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Vīro santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho;

a hero, content, with doubt overcome;

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Vijitāvī apetalomahaṁso,

victorious, with goosebumps vanished,

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Vīro so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.

Vīra is steadfast, and has become fully quenched.

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Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā vīro thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.

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