Thag 7.5

Sarabhaṅgattheragāthā

“Sare hatthehi bhañjitvā, katvāna kuṭimacchisaṁ; Tena me sarabhaṅgoti, nāmaṁ sammutiyā ahu.

Sarabhaṅga

I broke the reeds off with my hands, made a hut, and stayed there. That’s how I became known as “Reed-breaker”.

Na mayhaṁ kappate ajja, sare hatthehi bhañjituṁ; Sikkhāpadā no paññattā, gotamena yasassinā.

But now it’s not appropriate for me to break reeds with my hands. The training rules have been laid down for us by Gotama the renowned.

Sakalaṁ samattaṁ rogaṁ, Sarabhaṅgo nāddasaṁ pubbe; Soyaṁ rogo diṭṭho, Vacanakarenātidevassa.

Previously, I, Sarabhaṅga, didn’t see the disease in its entirety. But now I have seen the disease, as I’ve practiced what was taught by he who is beyond the gods.

Yeneva maggena gato vipassī, Yeneva maggena sikhī ca vessabhū; Kakusandhakoṇāgamano ca kassapo, Tenañjasena agamāsi gotamo.

Gotama traveled by that direct route; the same path traveled by Vipassī, by Sikhī, Vessabhū, Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana, and Kassapa.

Vītataṇhā anādānā, satta buddhā khayogadhā; Yehāyaṁ desito dhammo, dhammabhūtehi tādibhi.

These seven Buddhas have plunged into the ending, free of craving, without grasping, having become Dhamma, unaffected. They have taught this Dhamma

Cattāri ariyasaccāni, anukampāya pāṇinaṁ; Dukkhaṁ samudayo maggo, nirodho dukkhasaṅkhayo.

out of compassion for living creatures— suffering, origin, path, and cessation, the ending of suffering. In these four noble truths,

Yasmiṁ nivattate dukkhaṁ, saṁsārasmiṁ anantakaṁ; Bhedā imassa kāyassa, jīvitassa ca saṅkhayā; Añño punabbhavo natthi, suvimuttomhi sabbadhī”ti.

the endless suffering of transmigration finally comes to an end. When the body breaks up, and life comes to an end, there are no future lives; I’m everywhere well freed.