Catukkanipāta

The Book of the Fours

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Theragāthā 4.4

Verses of the Senior Monks 4.4

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Catukkanipāta

The Book of the Fours

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Nandakattheragāthā

Nandaka (2nd)

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“Dhiratthu pūre duggandhe,

Curse you mortal frame, you stink!

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mārapakkhe avassute;

You’re on Māra’s side, you fester!

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Navasotāni te kāye,

O body, you have nine streams

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yāni sandanti sabbadā.

that are flowing all the time.

2.1

Mā purāṇaṁ amaññittho,

Don’t think much of mortal frames;

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māsādesi tathāgate;

don’t disparage the Realized Ones.

2.3

Saggepi te na rajjanti,

They’re not even aroused by heaven,

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kimaṅgaṁ pana mānuse.

let alone by humans.

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Ye ca kho bālā dummedhā,

But those who are fools and simpletons,

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dummantī mohapārutā;

with bad advisors, shrouded in delusion,

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Tādisā tattha rajjanti,

that kind of person is aroused by bodies,

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mārakhittamhi bandhane.

when Māra has laid down the snare.

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Yesaṁ rāgo ca doso ca,

Those in whom greed, hate, and ignorance

4.2

avijjā ca virājitā;

have faded away;

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Tādī tattha na rajjanti,

such people are not aroused by bodies,

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chinnasuttā abandhanā”ti.

they’ve cut the strings, unbound.

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… Nandako thero ….