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Pāḷi MS Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

  • Theragāthā 1.73  Verses of the Senior Monks 1.73
  • Ekakanipāta  The Book of the Ones
  • Aṭṭhamavagga  Chapter Eight

Māṇavattheragāthā  Māṇava

“Jiṇṇañca disvā dukhitañca byādhitaṁ,  Seeing an old person, and one suffering from disease,
Matañca disvā gatamāyusaṅkhayaṁ;  and a corpse come to the end of life,
Tato ahaṁ nikkhamitūna pabbajiṁ,  I went forth, becoming a wanderer,
Pahāya kāmāni manoramānī”ti.  and giving up the pleasures of the senses.

… Māṇavo thero …. 

Pāḷi MS Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato

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