Theragatha - The Verses of the Senior Monks
Chapter 18: The Group of Forty Verses
- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).
Mahākassapattheragāthā
1054 "Na gaṇena purakkhato care,
Vimano hoti samādhi dullabho;
Nānājanasangaho dukho,
Iti disvāna gaṇaṃ na rocaye.1055 Na kulāni upabbaje muni,
Vimano hoti samādhi dullabho;
So ussukko rasānugiddho,
Atthaṃ riñcati yo sukhāvaho.1056 Pankoti hi naṃ avedayuṃ,
Yāyaṃ vandanapūjanā kulesu;
Sukhumaṃ sallaṃ durubbahaṃ,
Sakkāro kāpurisena dujjaho.1057 Senāsanamhā oruyha,
nagaraṃ piṇḍāya pāvisiṃ;
Bhuñjantaṃ purisaṃ kuṭṭhiṃ,
sakkaccaṃ taṃ upaṭṭhahiṃ.1058 So me pakkena hatthena,
ālopaṃ upanāmayi;
Ālopaṃ pakkhipantassa,
anguli cettha chijjatha.1059 Kuṭṭamūlañca nissāya,
ālopaṃ taṃ abhuñjisaṃ;
Bhuñjamāne vā bhutte vā,
jegucchaṃ me na vijjati.1060 Uttiṭṭhapiṇḍo āhāro,
pūtimuttañca osadhaṃ;
Senāsanaṃ rukkhamūlaṃ,
paṃsukūlañca cīvaraṃ;
Yassete abhisambhutvā,
sa ve cātuddiso naro.1061 Yattha eke vihaññanti,
āruhantā siluccayaṃ;
Tassa buddhassa dāyādo,
sampajāno patissato;
Iddhibalenupatthaddho,
kassapo abhirūhati.1062 Piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto,
selamāruyha kassapo;
Jhāyati anupādāno,
pahīnabhayabheravo.1063 Piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto,
selamāruyha kassapo;
Jhāyati anupādāno,
ḍayhamānesu nibbuto.1064 Piṇḍapātapaṭikkanto,
selamāruyha kassapo;
Jhāyati anupādāno,
katakicco anāsavo.1065 Karerimālāvitatā,
bhūmibhāgā manoramā;
Kuñjarābhirudā rammā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1066 Nīlabbhavaṇṇā rucirā,
vārisītā sucindharā;
Indagopakasañchannā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1067 Nīlabbhakūṭasadisā,
kūṭāgāravarūpamā;
Vāraṇābhirudā rammā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1068 Abhivuṭṭhā rammatalā,
nagā isibhi sevitā;
Abbhunnaditā sikhīhi,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1069 Alaṃ jhāyitukāmassa,
pahitattassa me sato;
Alaṃ me atthakāmassa,
pahitattassa bhikkhuno.1070 Alaṃ me phāsukāmassa,
pahitattassa bhikkhuno;
Alaṃ me yogakāmassa,
pahitattassa tādino.1071 Umāpupphena samānā,
gaganāvabbhachāditā;
Nānādijagaṇākiṇṇā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1072 Anākiṇṇā gahaṭṭhehi,
migasanghanisevitā;
Nānādijagaṇākiṇṇā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1073 Acchodikā puthusilā,
gonangulamigāyutā;
Ambusevālasañchannā,
te selā ramayanti maṃ.1074 Na pañcangikena turiyena,
Rati me hoti tādisī;
Yathā ekaggacittassa,
Sammā dhammaṃ vipassato.1075 Kammaṃ bahukaṃ na kāraye,
Parivajjeyya janaṃ na uyyame;
Ussukko so rasānugiddho,
Atthaṃ riñcati yo sukhāvaho.1076 Kammaṃ bahukaṃ na kāraye,
Parivajjeyya anattaneyyametaṃ;
Kicchati kāyo kilamati,
Dukkhito so samathaṃ na vindati.1077 Oṭṭhappahatamattena,
attānampi na passati;
Patthaddhagīvo carati,
ahaṃ seyyoti maññati.1078 Aseyyo seyyasamānaṃ,
bālo maññati attānaṃ;
Na taṃ viññū pasaṃsanti,
patthaddhamānasaṃ naraṃ.1079 Yo ca seyyohamasmīti,
nāhaṃ seyyoti vā pana;
Hīno taṃsadiso vāti,
vidhāsu na vikampati.1080 Paññavantaṃ tathā tādiṃ,
sīlesu susamāhitaṃ;
Cetosamathamanuttaṃ,
tañce viññū pasaṃsare.1081 Yassa sabrahmacārīsu,
gāravo nūpalabbhati;
Ārakā hoti saddhammā,
nabhato puthavī yathā.1082 Yesañca hiriottappaṃ,
sadā sammā upaṭṭhitaṃ;
Virūḷhabrahmacariyā te,
tesaṃ khīṇā punabbhavā.1083 Uddhato capalo bhikkhu,
paṃsukūlena pāruto;
Kapīva sīhacammena,
na so tenupasobhati.1084 Anuddhato acapalo,
nipako saṃvutindriyo;
Sobhati paṃsukūlena,
sīhova girigabbhare.1085 Ete sambahulā devā,
iddhimanto yasassino;
Dasadevasahassāni,
sabbe te brahmakāyikā.1086 Dhammasenāpatiṃ vīraṃ,
mahājhāyiṃ samāhitaṃ;
Sāriputtaṃ namassantā,
tiṭṭhanti pañjalīkatā.1087 ‘Namo te purisājañña,
namo te purisuttama;
Yassa te nābhijānāma,
yampi nissāya jhāyati.1088 Accheraṃ vata buddhānaṃ,
gambhīro gocaro sako;
Ye mayaṃ nābhijānāma,
vālavedhisamāgatā’.1089 Taṃ tathā devakāyehi,
pūjitaṃ pūjanārahaṃ;
Sāriputtaṃ tadā disvā,
kappinassa sitaṃ ahu.1090 Yāvatā buddhakhettamhi,
ṭhapayitvā mahāmuniṃ;
Dhutaguṇe visiṭṭhohaṃ,
sadiso me na vijjati.1091 Pariciṇṇo mayā satthā,
kataṃ buddhassa sāsanaṃ;
Ohito garuko bhāro,
natthi dāni punabbhavo.1092 Na cīvare na sayane,
bhojane nupalimpati;
Gotamo anappameyyo,
muḷālapupphaṃ vimalaṃva;
Ambunā nekkhammaninno,
tibhavābhinissaṭo.1093 Satipaṭṭhānagīvo so,
saddhāhattho mahāmuni;
Paññāsīso mahāñāṇī,
sadā carati nibbuto"ti.