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Kappaṭakura

Kappaṭakurattheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 2.40Verses of the Senior Monks 2.40
  • 0.2DukanipātaThe Book of the Twos
  • 0.3CatutthavaggaChapter Four

0.4KappaṭakurattheragāthāKappaṭakura

1.1“Ayamiti kappaṭo kappaṭakuro,This chap, “Rag-rice”, he sure is a rag!1.2Acchāya atibharitāya;Into the vase of freedom from death, <j>polished and overflowing,1.3Amataghaṭikāyaṁ dhammakaṭamatto,sufficient teaching has been poured;1.4Katapadaṁ jhānāni ocetuṁ.the path to build up absorptions has been laid out.

2.1Mā kho tvaṁ kappaṭa pacālesi,Don’t nod off, Rag—2.2Mā tvaṁ upakaṇṇamhi tāḷessaṁ;I’ll smack your ear!2.3Na hi tvaṁ kappaṭa mattamaññāsi,You know no limit,2.4Saṅghamajjhamhi pacalāyamāno”ti.nodding off in the midst of the Saṅgha!

2.5… Kappaṭakuro thero …

2.6vaggo catuttho.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Migasiro sivako ca,3.2upavāṇo ca paṇḍito;3.3Isidinno ca kaccāno,3.4nitako ca mahāvasī;3.5Poṭiriyaputto nisabho,3.6usabho kappaṭakuroti.