Thag 14.1

Khadiravaniyarevatattheragāthā

“Yadā ahaṁ pabbajito, agārasmānagāriyaṁ; Nābhijānāmi saṅkappaṁ, anariyaṁ dosasaṁhitaṁ.

Revata of the Acacia Wood

Since I’ve gone forth from the lay life to homelessness, I’ve not been aware of any thought that is ignoble and hateful.

‘Ime haññantu vajjhantu, dukkhaṁ pappontu pāṇino’; Saṅkappaṁ nābhijānāmi, imasmiṁ dīghamantare.

“May these beings be killed! May they be slaughtered! May they suffer!”— I’ve not been aware of any such thought in all this long while.

Mettañca abhijānāmi, appamāṇaṁ subhāvitaṁ; Anupubbaṁ paricitaṁ, yathā buddhena desitaṁ.

I have been aware of loving-kindness, limitless and well-developed; gradually consolidated as it was taught by the Buddha.

Sabbamitto sabbasakho, sabbabhūtānukampako; Mettacittañca bhāvemi, abyāpajjarato sadā.

I’m friend and comrade to all, sympathetic for all beings! I develop a mind of love, always delighting in harmlessness.

Asaṁhīraṁ asaṅkuppaṁ, cittaṁ āmodayāmahaṁ; Brahmavihāraṁ bhāvemi, akāpurisasevitaṁ.

The unfaltering, the unshakable: I gladden that mind. I develop a divine meditation, which reprobates do not cultivate.

Avitakkaṁ samāpanno, sammāsambuddhasāvako; Ariyena tuṇhībhāvena, upeto hoti tāvade.

When in a meditation free of placing the mind, a disciple of the Buddha is at that moment blessed with noble silence.

Yathāpi pabbato selo, acalo suppatiṭṭhito; Evaṁ mohakkhayā bhikkhu, pabbatova na vedhati.

As a rocky mountain is unwavering and well grounded, so when delusion ends, a monk, like a mountain, doesn’t tremble.

Anaṅgaṇassa posassa, niccaṁ sucigavesino; Vālaggamattaṁ pāpassa, abbhamattaṁva khāyati.

To the man who has not a blemish, who is always seeking purity, even a hair-tip of evil seems as big as a stormcloud.

Nagaraṁ yathā paccantaṁ, guttaṁ santarabāhiraṁ; Evaṁ gopetha attānaṁ, khaṇo vo mā upaccagā.

As a frontier city is guarded inside and out, so you should ward yourselves— don’t let the moment pass you by.

Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ, nābhinandāmi jīvitaṁ; Kālañca paṭikaṅkhāmi, nibbisaṁ bhatako yathā.

I don’t long for death; I don’t long for life; I await my time, like a worker waiting for their wages.

Nābhinandāmi maraṇaṁ, … pe sampajāno patissato.

I don’t long for death; I don’t long for life; I await my time, aware and mindful.

Pariciṇṇo mayā satthā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ; Ohito garuko bhāro, bhavanetti samūhatā.

I’ve served the Teacher and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions. The heavy burden is laid down, the leash to existence is eradicated.

Yassa catthāya pabbajito, agārasmānagāriyaṁ; So me attho anuppatto, sabbasaṁyojanakkhayo.

I’ve attained the goal for the sake of which I went forth from the lay life to homelessness— the ending of all fetters.

Sampādethappamādena, esā me anusāsanī; Handāhaṁ parinibbissaṁ, vippamuttomhi sabbadhī”ti.

Persist with diligence: this is my instruction. Come, I’ll be fully quenched— I’m liberated in every way.