Thag 1.191 min read

Kula

Kulattheragāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

0.1Theragāthā 1.19Verses of the Senior Monks 1.19
0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
0.3DutiyavaggaChapter Two

0.4KulattheragāthāKula

1.1“Udakañhi nayanti nettikā,While irrigators guide water,1.2Usukārā namayanti tejanaṁ;fletchers bend arrows straight,¹1.3Dāruṁ namayanti tacchakā,and carpenters bend timber straight,1.4Attānaṁ damayanti subbatā”ti.those true to their vows tame themselves.

1.5… Kulo thero ….

Translator’s notes

The verb namayanti is literally “bend”, but here it means “bend straight”, as shown at Thag 1.29, where a similar verb is echoed with ujuṁ karitvāna, “having straightened”.
↩ thag1.19:1.2