- Verses of the Senior Monks 1.73Theragāthā 1.73
- The Book of the OnesEkakanipāta
- Chapter EightAṭṭhamavagga
MāṇavaMāṇavattheragāthā
Seeing an old person, and one suffering from disease,“Jiṇṇañca disvā dukhitañca byādhitaṁ, and a corpse come to the end of life,Matañca disvā gatamāyusaṅkhayaṁ; I went forth, becoming a wanderer,Tato ahaṁ nikkhamitūna pabbajiṁ, and giving up the pleasures of the senses.Pahāya kāmāni manoramānī”ti.