- 0.1Theragāthā 10.5Verses of the Senior Monks 10.5
- 0.2DasakanipātaThe Book of the Tens
- 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One
0.4KappattheragāthāKappa
1.1“Nānākulamalasampuṇṇo,Filled with different kinds of dirt,1.2mahāukkārasambhavo;a great producer of dung,1.3Candanikaṁva paripakkaṁ,like a stagnant cesspool,1.4mahāgaṇḍo mahāvaṇo.a big boil, a bad wound,
2.1Pubbaruhirasampuṇṇo,full of pus and blood,2.2gūthakūpena gāḷhito;sunk in a toilet-pit,2.3Āpopaggharaṇo kāyo,trickling with fluids,2.4sadā sandati pūtikaṁ.this rotting body always oozes.
3.1Saṭṭhikaṇḍarasambandho,Bound by sixty tendons,3.2maṁsalepanalepito;coated with a fleshy coating,3.3Cammakañcukasannaddho,clothed in a jacket of skin,3.4pūtikāyo niratthako.this rotting body is worthless.
4.1Aṭṭhisaṅghātaghaṭito,Held together by a skeleton of bones,4.2nhārusuttanibandhano;and bound by sinews;4.3Nekesaṁ saṅgatībhāvā,it assumes postures4.4kappeti iriyāpathaṁ.due to a complex of many things.
5.1Dhuvappayāto maraṇāya,We set out in the certainty of death,5.2maccurājassa santike;in the presence of the King of Death;5.3Idheva chaḍḍayitvāna,and having discarded the body right here,5.4yenakāmaṅgamo naro.a person goes where he likes.
6.1Avijjāya nivuto kāyo,Shrouded by ignorance,6.2catuganthena ganthito;tied by the four ties,6.3Oghasaṁsīdano kāyo,this body is sinking in the flood,6.4anusayajālamotthato.caught in the net of the underlying tendencies.
7.1Pañcanīvaraṇe yutto,Yoked to the five hindrances,7.2vitakkena samappito;afflicted by thought,7.3Taṇhāmūlenānugato,stuck to the root of craving,7.4mohacchādanachādito.hidden by delusion:
8.1Evāyaṁ vattate kāyo,that is how the body goes on,8.2kammayantena yantito;propelled by the mechanism of deeds.8.3Sampatti ca vipatyantā,But existence ends in perishing;8.4nānābhāvo vipajjati.separated, the body perishes.
9.1Yemaṁ kāyaṁ mamāyanti,Those blind, ordinary people9.2andhabālā puthujjanā;who think of this body as theirs,9.3Vaḍḍhenti kaṭasiṁ ghoraṁ,swell the horrors of the charnel ground,9.4ādiyanti punabbhavaṁ.taking hold of future lives.
10.1Yemaṁ kāyaṁ vivajjenti,The undefiled who shun this body10.2Gūthalittaṁva pannagaṁ;like a serpent smeared with dung,10.3Bhavamūlaṁ vamitvāna,having expelled the root of rebirth,10.4Parinibbissantināsavā”ti.will be fully quenched.
10.5… Kappo thero ….