- Verses of the Senior Monks 5.5Theragāthā 5.5
- The Book of the FivesPañcakanipāta
- Chapter OnePaṭhamavagga
VaḍḍhaVaḍḍhattheragāthā
Oh so well was the goad“Sādhū hi kira me mātā, shown to me by my mother,Patodaṁ upadaṁsayi; on hearing whose words,Yassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā, advised by my mother,Anusiṭṭho janettiyā; energetic and resolute,Āraddhavīriyo pahitatto, I realized supreme awakening.Patto sambodhimuttamaṁ.
I’m perfected, worthy of offerings,Arahā dakkhiṇeyyomhi, master of the three knowledges, <j>seer of freedom from death.tevijjo amataddaso; I’ve conquered the army of Namuci,Jetvā namucino senaṁ, and live without defilements.viharāmi anāsavo.
Those defilements that were found in me,Ajjhattañca bahiddhā ca, internally and externally,ye me vijjiṁsu āsavā; are all cut off without remainder,Sabbe asesā ucchinnā, and will not arise again.na ca uppajjare puna.
My self-assured sisterVisāradā kho bhaginī, said this to me:etamatthaṁ abhāsayi; ‘Now neither you nor I‘Apihā nūna mayipi, have any snarls.’vanatho te na vijjati’.
Suffering is at an end;Pariyantakataṁ dukkhaṁ, this bag of bones is my lastantimoyaṁ samussayo; in the transmigration through births and deaths;Jātimaraṇasaṁsāro, now there’ll be no more future lives.”natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.