Chakkanipāta

The Book of the Sixes

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Theragāthā 6.10

Verses of the Senior Monks 6.10

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Chakkanipāta

The Book of the Sixes

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Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

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Sumanattheragāthā

Sumana (2nd)

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“Yadā navo pabbajito,

I was only seven years old

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jātiyā sattavassiko;

and had just gone forth

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Iddhiyā abhibhotvāna,

when I overcame the mighty adder king

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pannagindaṁ mahiddhikaṁ.

with my psychic powers.

2.1

Upajjhāyassa udakaṁ,

I brought water for my mentor

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anotattā mahāsarā;

from the great lake Anotatta.

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Āharāmi tato disvā,

When he saw me,

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maṁ satthā etadabravi”.

my teacher declared:

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“Sāriputta imaṁ passa,

“Sāriputta, see this

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āgacchantaṁ kumārakaṁ;

young boy coming,

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Udakakumbhamādāya,

carrying a water pot,

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ajjhattaṁ susamāhitaṁ.

serene inside himself.

4.1

Pāsādikena vattena,

His conduct inspires confidence,

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kalyāṇairiyāpatho;

he is of lovely deportment:

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Sāmaṇeronuruddhassa,

he is Anuruddha’s novice,

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iddhiyā ca visārado.

self-assured in psychic powers.

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Ājānīyena ājañño,

Made a thoroughbred by a thoroughbred,

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sādhunā sādhukārito;

made good by the good,

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Vinīto anuruddhena,

educated and trained by Anuruddha,

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katakiccena sikkhito.

who has completed his task.

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So patvā paramaṁ santiṁ,

Having attained ultimate peace

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sacchikatvā akuppataṁ;

and witnessed the unshakable,

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Sāmaṇero sa sumano,

that novice Sumana has the wish:

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mā maṁ jaññāti icchatī”ti.

‘May no-one find me out!’”

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… Sumano thero ….