Sutta Piṭaka
Kullattheragāthā
Kullattheragāthā
“Kullo sivathikaṁ gantvā, addasa itthimujjhitaṁ; Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ, khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.
Kulla
I, Kulla, went to a charnel ground and saw a woman’s body abandoned there, dumped in a cemetery, full of worms that devoured.
Āturaṁ asuciṁ pūtiṁ, passa kulla samussayaṁ; Uggharantaṁ paggharantaṁ, bālānaṁ abhinanditaṁ.
“See this bag of bones, Kulla— diseased, filthy, rotten, oozing and trickling, a fool’s delight.”
Dhammādāsaṁ gahetvāna, ñāṇadassanapattiyā; Paccavekkhiṁ imaṁ kāyaṁ, tucchaṁ santarabāhiraṁ.
Taking the teaching as a mirror for realizing knowledge and vision, I examined this body, hollow, inside and out.
Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ, yathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ; Yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho.
As this is, so is that; as that is, so is this. As below, so above; as above, so below.
Yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, yathā rattiṁ tathā divā; Yathā pure tathā pacchā, yathā pacchā tathā pure.
As by day, so by night; as by night, so by day. As before, so behind; as behind, so before.
Pañcaṅgikena turiyena, Na ratī hoti tādisī; Yathā ekaggacittassa, Sammā dhammaṁ vipassato”ti.
Even the music of a five-piece band can never give such pleasure as when, with unified mind, you rightly discern the Dhamma.