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Kassapa the Prince

Kumārakassapattheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 2.41Verses of the Senior Monks 2.41
  • 0.2DukanipātaThe Book of the Twos
  • 0.3PañcamavaggaChapter Five

0.4KumārakassapattheragāthāKassapa the Prince

1.1“Aho buddhā aho dhammā,Oh, the Buddhas! Oh, the Dhammas!11.2aho no satthu sampadā;Oh, the accomplishments of the Teacher!1.3Yattha etādisaṁ dhammaṁ,Here a disciple may realize1.4sāvako sacchikāhiti.such a teaching for themselves.

2.1Asaṅkheyyesu kappesu,Through countless eons2.2sakkāyādhigatā ahū;they obtained substantial forms.2.3Tesamayaṁ pacchimako,This is their last,2.4carimoyaṁ samussayo;their very final body2.5Jātimaraṇasaṁsāro,in the transmigration through births and deaths;2.6natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.now there’ll be no more future lives.

2.7… Kumārakassapo thero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. “Kassapa the Prince” (Kumārakassapa) was ordained at twenty (pli-tv-kd1:75.1.1). He features in the Pāyāsisutta (DN 23), the Vammikasutta (MN 23), and he was declared the foremost of those with brilliant speech (AN 1.217).

    ↩ thag2.41:1.1