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title: "Verses of the Senior Monks · Theragāthā"
author: "The Elder Monks"
translator: "Bhikkhu Sujato"
languages: [pi, en]
shelf: "Pali Canon"
section: 6 of 22
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/6/
cite: "The Elder Monks, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Verses of the Senior Monks · Theragāthā, section 6. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/6/"
---

# Verses of the Senior Monks · Theragāthā

*The Elder Monks, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato*

Poems of awakening by more than two hundred and sixty monks of the Buddha’s time.

> Pali: the Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka (Buddha Jayanti edition, 2500), from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0).

> English: Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral’s bilara-data, dedicated to the public domain (CC0). Notes are not included.

> Rows follow the segment numbers the two texts share, gathered into paragraphs; verse keeps its lines.

## 6. Chapter Six · Thag 1.51–1.59

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/6/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/6/#p-N

[¶0] Thag 1.51 · Godhika

> Pali: Thag 1.51 · Godhikattheragāthā

[¶1] The heavens rain like a sweet song;
my hut is roofed and pleasant, sheltered from the wind.
My mind is serene:
so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.

> Pali: “Vassati devo yathā sugītaṁ,
Channā me kuṭikā sukhā nivātā;
Cittaṁ susamāhitañca mayhaṁ,
Atha ce patthayasi pavassa devā”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: … Godhiko thero ….

[¶3] Thag 1.52 · Subāhu

> Pali: Thag 1.52 · Subāhuttheragāthā

[¶4] The heavens rain like a sweet song;
my hut is roofed and pleasant, sheltered from the wind.
My mind is immersed in my body:
so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.

> Pali: “Vassati devo yathā sugītaṁ,
Channā me kuṭikā sukhā nivātā;
Cittaṁ susamāhitañca kāye,
Atha ce patthayasi pavassa devā”ti.

[¶5] > Pali: … Subāhutthero ….

[¶6] Thag 1.53 · Valliya (1st)

> Pali: Thag 1.53 · Valliyattheragāthā

[¶7] The heavens rain like a sweet song;
my hut is roofed and pleasant, sheltered from the wind.
I meditate there, diligent:
so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.

> Pali: “Vassati devo yathā sugītaṁ,
Channā me kuṭikā sukhā nivātā;
Tassaṁ viharāmi appamatto,
Atha ce patthayasi pavassa devā”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: … Valliyo thero ….

[¶9] Thag 1.54 · Uttiya (2nd)

> Pali: Thag 1.54 · Uttiyattheragāthā

[¶10] The heavens rain like a sweet song;
my hut is roofed and pleasant, sheltered from the wind.
I dwell there without a partner:
so rain forth, heavens, if you wish.

> Pali: “Vassati devo yathā sugītaṁ,
Channā me kuṭikā sukhā nivātā;
Tassaṁ viharāmi adutiyo,
Atha ce patthayasi pavassa devā”ti.

[¶11] > Pali: … Uttiyo thero ….

[¶12] Thag 1.55 · Añjanavaniya

> Pali: Thag 1.55 · Añjanavaniyattheragāthā

[¶13] I plunged into the Añjana wood
and made a hut to live in.
I’ve attained the three knowledges
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

> Pali: “Āsandiṁ kuṭikaṁ katvā,
ogayha añjanaṁ vanaṁ;
Tisso vijjā anuppattā,
kataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.

[¶14] > Pali: … Añjanavaniyo thero ….

[¶15] Thag 1.56 · Kuṭivihārin (1st)

> Pali: Thag 1.56 · Kuṭivihārittheragāthā

[¶16] “Who is in this hut?” “A monk is in this hut,
free of lust, his mind serene.
Reverend, you should know this:
your hut wasn’t built in vain.”

> Pali: “Ko kuṭikāyaṁ bhikkhu kuṭikāyaṁ,
Vītarāgo susamāhitacitto;
Evaṁ jānāhi āvuso,
Amoghā te kuṭikā katā”ti.

[¶17] > Pali: … Kuṭivihāritthero ….

[¶18] Thag 1.57 · Kuṭivihārin (2nd)

> Pali: Thag 1.57 · Dutiyakuṭivihārittheragāthā

[¶19] This was your old hut,
but you still want a new hut.
Let go of hope for a hut, monk!
A new hut will only bring more suffering.

> Pali: “Ayamāhu purāṇiyā kuṭi,
Aññaṁ patthayase navaṁ kuṭiṁ;
Āsaṁ kuṭiyā virājaya,
Dukkhā bhikkhu puna navā kuṭī”ti.

[¶20] > Pali: … Dutiyakuṭivihāritthero ….

[¶21] Thag 1.58 · Ramaṇīyakuṭika

> Pali: Thag 1.58 · Ramaṇīyakuṭikattheragāthā

[¶22] My hut is pleasing, delightful,
a gift given in faith.
I’ve no need of girls:
go, ladies, to those in need!

> Pali: “Ramaṇīyā me kuṭikā,
Saddhādeyyā manoramā;
Na me attho kumārīhi,
Yesaṁ attho tahiṁ gacchatha nāriyo”ti.

[¶23] > Pali: … Ramaṇīyakuṭiko thero ….

[¶24] Thag 1.59 · Kosalavihārin

> Pali: Thag 1.59 · Kosalavihārittheragāthā

[¶25] I went forth out of faith
and built a hut in the wilderness.
I’m heedful, ardent,
aware, and mindful.

> Pali: “Saddhāyāhaṁ pabbajito,
araññe me kuṭikā katā;
Appamatto ca ātāpī,
sampajāno patissato”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: … Kosalavihāritthero ….