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Theragāthā 2.16
Verses of the Senior Monks 2.16
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Dukanipāta
The Book of the Twos
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Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two
Mahākāḷattheragāthā
Mahākāḷa
“Kāḷī itthī brahatī dhaṅkarūpā, There’s a big black woman who looks like a crow.
Satthiñca bhetvā aparañca satthiṁ; She broke off thigh-bones, first one then another;
Bāhañca bhetvā aparañca bāhaṁ,
she broke off arm-bones, first one then another;
Sīsañca bhetvā dadhithālakaṁva; she broke off a skull like a curd-bowl, and then
Esā nisinnā abhisandahitvā.
arranged them and sat nearby.
Yo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti, When an ignorant person builds up attachments,
Punappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando; that dullard returns to suffering again and again.
Tasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā, So let one who understandsnot build up attachments: Māhaṁ puna bhinnasiro sayissan”ti.
may I never again lie with a broken skull!