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Tekicchakāri

Tekicchakārittheragāthā

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

  • 0.1Theragāthā 6.2Verses of the Senior Monks 6.2
  • 0.2ChakkanipātaThe Book of the Sixes
  • 0.3PaṭhamavaggaChapter One

0.4TekicchakārittheragāthāTekicchakāri

1.1“Atihitā vīhi,“The rice has been harvested11.2khalagatā sālī;and gathered on the threshing-floor—1.3Na ca labhe piṇḍaṁ,but I don’t get any almsfood!1.4kathamahaṁ kassaṁ”.How will I get by?”

2.1“Buddhamappameyyaṁ anussara pasanno,“In faith, recollect the immeasurable Buddha!2.2Pītiyā phuṭasarīro hohisi satatamudaggo.Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.

3.1Dhammamappameyyaṁ anussara pasanno,In faith, recollect the immeasurable teaching!3.2Pītiyā phuṭasarīro hohisi satatamudaggo.Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.

4.1Saṅghamappameyyaṁ anussara pasanno,In faith, recollect the immeasurable Saṅgha!4.2Pītiyā phuṭasarīro hohisi satatamudaggo”.Your body soaked with rapture, <j>you’ll always be full of joy.”

5.1“Abbhokāse viharasi,“You stay in the open,5.2Sītā hemantikā imā ratyo;though these winter nights are cold.5.3Mā sītena pareto vihaññittho,Don’t perish, overcome with cold;5.4Pavisa tvaṁ vihāraṁ phusitaggaḷaṁ”.enter your dwelling, with door shut fast.”

6.1“Phusissaṁ catasso appamaññāyo,“I’ll realize the four immeasurable states,6.2Tāhi ca sukhito viharissaṁ;and meditate happily in them.6.3Nāhaṁ sītena vihaññissaṁ,I won’t perish, overcome with cold;6.4Aniñjito viharanto”ti.I’ll dwell unperturbed.”

6.5… Tekicchakārī thero ….

Translator’s notes

  1. This is one of the very few verses in the Pali Canon whose metre has not been identified.

    ↩ thag6.2:1.1