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Māṇava

Māṇavattheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 1.73Verses of the Senior Monks 1.73
  • 0.2EkakanipātaThe Book of the Ones
  • 0.3AṭṭhamavaggaChapter Eight

0.4MāṇavattheragāthāMāṇava

1.1“Jiṇṇañca disvā dukhitañca byādhitaṁ,Seeing an old person, and one suffering from disease,1.2Matañca disvā gatamāyusaṅkhayaṁ;and a corpse come to the end of life,1.3Tato ahaṁ nikkhamitūna pabbajiṁ,I went forth, becoming a wanderer,1.4Pahāya kāmāni manoramānī”ti.and giving up the pleasures of the senses.

1.5… Māṇavo thero ….