Pañcakanipāta

The Book of the Fives

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Theragāthā 5.1

Verses of the Senior Monks 5.1

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Pañcakanipāta

The Book of the Fives

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Rājadattattheragāthā

Rājadatta

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“Bhikkhu sivathikaṁ gantvā,

I, a monk, went to a charnel ground

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Addasa itthimujjhitaṁ;

and saw a woman’s body abandoned there,

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Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ,

dumped in a cemetery,

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Khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.

full of worms that devoured.

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Yañhi eke jigucchanti,

Some men were disgusted,

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mataṁ disvāna pāpakaṁ;

seeing her dead and rotten;

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Kāmarāgo pāturahu,

but sexual desire arose in me,

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andhova savatī ahuṁ.

I was as if blind to her oozing body.

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Oraṁ odanapākamhā,

Quicker than the cooking of rice

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tamhā ṭhānā apakkamiṁ;

I left that place!

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Satimā sampajānohaṁ,

Mindful and aware,

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ekamantaṁ upāvisiṁ.

I retired to a discreet place.

4.1

Tato me manasīkāro,

Then the realization

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yoniso udapajjatha;

came upon me—

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Ādīnavo pāturahu,

the danger became clear,

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nibbidā samatiṭṭhatha.

and I was firmly disillusioned.

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Tato cittaṁ vimucci me,

Then my mind was freed—

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passa dhammasudhammataṁ;

behold the clear rightness of the teaching!

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Tisso vijjā anuppattā,

I’ve attained the three knowledges

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kataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.

and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

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… Rājadatto thero ….