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Vajjita

Vajjitattheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 2.48Verses of the Senior Monks 2.48
  • 0.2DukanipātaThe Book of the Twos
  • 0.3PañcamavaggaChapter Five

0.4VajjitattheragāthāVajjita

1.1“Saṁsaraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ,Transmigrating for such a long time,1.2gatīsu parivattisaṁ;I’ve cycled through various states of rebirth,1.3Apassaṁ ariyasaccāni,not seeing the noble truths,1.4andhabhūto puthujjano.a blind, unenlightened person.

2.1Tassa me appamattassa,But when I became heedful,2.2saṁsārā vinaḷīkatā;transmigrations were mown down.12.3Sabbā gatī samucchinnā,All states of rebirth are cut off;2.4natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.now there’ll be no more future lives.

2.5… Vajjito thero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. For saṁsāra in plural see DN 18:10.7.

    ↩ thag2.48:2.2