Thag 5.1

Rājadattattheragāthā

“Bhikkhu sivathikaṁ gantvā, Addasa itthimujjhitaṁ; Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ, Khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.

Rājadatta

I, a monk, went to a charnel ground and saw a woman’s body abandoned there, dumped in a cemetery, full of worms that devoured.

Yañhi eke jigucchanti, mataṁ disvāna pāpakaṁ; Kāmarāgo pāturahu, andhova savatī ahuṁ.

Some men were disgusted, seeing her dead and rotten; but sexual desire arose in me, I was as if blind to her oozing body.

Oraṁ odanapākamhā, tamhā ṭhānā apakkamiṁ; Satimā sampajānohaṁ, ekamantaṁ upāvisiṁ.

Quicker than the cooking of rice I left that place! Mindful and aware, I retired to a discreet place.

Tato me manasīkāro, yoniso udapajjatha; Ādīnavo pāturahu, nibbidā samatiṭṭhatha.

Then the realization came upon me— the danger became clear, and I was firmly disillusioned.

Tato cittaṁ vimucci me, passa dhammasudhammataṁ; Tisso vijjā anuppattā, kataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.

Then my mind was freed— behold the clear rightness of the teaching! I’ve attained the three knowledges and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.