KappaKappattheragāthā

Filled with different kinds of dirt,“Nānākulamalasampuṇṇo, a great producer of dung,mahāukkārasambhavo; like a stagnant cesspool,Candanikaṁva paripakkaṁ, a big boil, a bad wound,mahāgaṇḍo mahāvaṇo.

full of pus and blood,Pubbaruhirasampuṇṇo, sunk in a toilet-pit,gūthakūpena gāḷhito; trickling with fluids,Āpopaggharaṇo kāyo, this rotting body always oozes.sadā sandati pūtikaṁ.

Bound by sixty tendons,Saṭṭhikaṇḍarasambandho, coated with a fleshy coating,maṁsalepanalepito; clothed in a jacket of skin,Cammakañcukasannaddho, this rotting body is worthless.pūtikāyo niratthako.

Held together by a skeleton of bones,Aṭṭhisaṅghātaghaṭito, and bound by sinews;nhārusuttanibandhano; it assumes posturesNekesaṁ saṅgatībhāvā, due to a complex of many things.kappeti iriyāpathaṁ.

We set out in the certainty of death,Dhuvappayāto maraṇāya, in the presence of the King of Death;maccurājassa santike; and having discarded the body right here,Idheva chaḍḍayitvāna, a person goes where he likes.yenakāmaṅgamo naro.

Shrouded by ignorance,Avijjāya nivuto kāyo, tied by the four ties,catuganthena ganthito; this body is sinking in the flood,Oghasaṁsīdano kāyo, caught in the net of the underlying tendencies.anusayajālamotthato.

Yoked to the five hindrances,Pañcanīvaraṇe yutto, afflicted by thought,vitakkena samappito; stuck to the root of craving,Taṇhāmūlenānugato, hidden by delusion:mohacchādanachādito.

that is how the body goes on,Evāyaṁ vattate kāyo, propelled by the mechanism of deeds.kammayantena yantito; But existence ends in perishing;Sampatti ca vipatyantā, separated, the body perishes.nānābhāvo vipajjati.

Those blind, ordinary peopleYemaṁ kāyaṁ mamāyanti, who think of this body as theirs,andhabālā puthujjanā; swell the horrors of the charnel ground,Vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ, taking hold of future lives.ādiyanti punabbhavaṁ.

The undefiled who shun this bodyYemaṁ kāyaṁ vivajjenti, like a serpent smeared with dung,Gūthalittaṁva pannagaṁ; having expelled the root of rebirth,Bhavamūlaṁ vamitvāna, will be fully quenched.Parinibbissantināsavā”ti.