KullaKullattheragāthā

I, Kulla, went to a charnel ground“Kullo sivathikaṁ gantvā, and saw a woman’s body abandoned there,addasa itthimujjhitaṁ; dumped in a cemetery,Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ, full of worms that devoured.khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.

“See this bag of bones, Kulla—Āturaṁ asuciṁ pūtiṁ, diseased, filthy, rotten,passa kulla samussayaṁ; oozing and trickling,Uggharantaṁ paggharantaṁ, a fool’s delight.”bālānaṁ abhinanditaṁ.

Taking the teaching as a mirrorDhammādāsaṁ gahetvāna, for realizing knowledge and vision,ñāṇadassanapattiyā; I examined this body,Paccavekkhiṁ imaṁ kāyaṁ, hollow, inside and out.tucchaṁ santarabāhiraṁ.

As this is, so is that;Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ, as that is, so is this.yathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ; As below, so above;Yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, as above, so below.yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho.

As by day, so by night;Yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, as by night, so by day.yathā rattiṁ tathā divā; As before, so behind;Yathā pure tathā pacchā, as behind, so before.yathā pacchā tathā pure.

Even the music of a five-piece bandPañcaṅgikena turiyena, can never give such pleasureNa ratī hoti tādisī; as when, with unified mind,Yathā ekaggacittassa, you rightly discern the Dhamma.Sammā dhammaṁ vipassato”ti.