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Rāhula

Rāhulattheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 4.8Verses of the Senior Monks 4.8
  • 0.2CatukkanipātaThe Book of the Fours
  • 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.4RāhulattheragāthāRāhula

1.1“Ubhayeneva sampanno,I am known as “Fortunate Rāhula”,1.2rāhulabhaddoti maṁ vidū;because I’m accomplished in both ways:1.3Yañcamhi putto buddhassa,I am the son of the Buddha,1.4yañca dhammesu cakkhumā.whose eye sees clearly in all things.

2.1Yañca me āsavā khīṇā,Since my defilements have ended,2.2yañca natthi punabbhavo;since there are no more future lives—2.3Arahā dakkhiṇeyyomhi,I’m perfected, worthy of offerings,2.4tevijjo amataddaso.master of the three knowledges, <j>seer of freedom from death.

3.1Kāmandhā jālapacchannā,Blinded by sensual pleasures, trapped in a net,3.2taṇhāchādanachāditā;they are smothered over by craving;3.3Pamattabandhunā baddhā,bound by the kinsman of the negligent,3.4macchāva kumināmukhe.like a fish caught in a funnel-net trap.

4.1Taṁ kāmaṁ ahamujjhitvā,Having thrown off those sensual pleasures,4.2chetvā mārassa bandhanaṁ;having cut Māra’s bond,4.3Samūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,and having plucked out craving, root and all:4.4sītibhūtosmi nibbuto”ti.I’m cooled, quenched.

4.5… Rāhulo thero ….