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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: 7 of 22
url: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/7/
cite: "The Elder Monks, tr. Bhikkhu Sujato, Verses of the Senior Monks · Theragāthā, section 7. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/7/"
---

# 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.

## 7. Chapter Seven · Thag 1.61–1.69

Source: https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/7/ · cite a paragraph as https://scriptura.si/works/pali-theragatha/7/#p-N

[¶0] Thag 1.61 · Vappa

> Pali: Thag 1.61 · Vappattheragāthā

[¶1] One who sees
sees those who see and those who don’t.
One who doesn’t see
sees neither.

> Pali: “Passati passo passantaṁ,
apassantañca passati;
Apassanto apassantaṁ,
passantañca na passatī”ti.

[¶2] > Pali: … Vappo thero ….

[¶3] Thag 1.62 · Vajjiputta (1st)

> Pali: Thag 1.62 · Vajjiputtattheragāthā

[¶4] We dwell alone in the wilderness,
like a log dumped in a forest.
Lots of people are jealous of me,
as beings in hell are of one going to heaven.

> Pali: “Ekakā mayaṁ araññe viharāma,
Apaviddhaṁva vanasmiṁ dārukaṁ;
Tassa me bahukā pihayanti,
Nerayikā viya saggagāminan”ti.

[¶5] > Pali: … Vajjiputto thero ….

[¶6] Thag 1.63 · Pakkha

> Pali: Thag 1.63 · Pakkhattheragāthā

[¶7] They fall, collapsed and fallen;
greedy, they return.
The work is done, the joyful is enjoyed,
happiness is found through happiness.

> Pali: “Cutā patanti patitā,
giddhā ca punarāgatā;
Kataṁ kiccaṁ rataṁ rammaṁ,
sukhenanvāgataṁ sukhan”ti.

[¶8] > Pali: … Pakkho thero ….

[¶9] Thag 1.64 · Vimalakoṇḍañña

> Pali: Thag 1.64 · Vimalakoṇḍaññattheragāthā

[¶10] I arose from the one named after a tree;
I was born of the one whose banner shines.
The banner killer has destroyed the great banner,
by means of the banner itself.

> Pali: “Dumavhayāya uppanno,
jāto paṇḍaraketunā;
Ketuhā ketunāyeva,
mahāketuṁ padhaṁsayī”ti.

[¶11] > Pali: … Vimalakoṇḍañño thero ….

[¶12] Thag 1.65 · Ukkhepakatavaccha

> Pali: Thag 1.65 · Ukkhepakatavacchattheragāthā

[¶13] Vaccha has tossed away
what he built over many years.
Sitting comfortably, uplifted with joy,
he teaches this to householders.

> Pali: “Ukkhepakatavacchassa,
Saṅkalitaṁ bahūhi vassehi;
Taṁ bhāsati gahaṭṭhānaṁ,
Sunisinno uḷārapāmojjo”ti.

[¶14] > Pali: … Ukkhepakatavaccho thero ….

[¶15] Thag 1.66 · Meghiya

> Pali: Thag 1.66 · Meghiyattheragāthā

[¶16] He counseled me, the great hero,
the one who has gone beyond all things.
When I heard his teaching
I stayed close by him, mindful.
I’ve attained the three knowledges
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

> Pali: “Anusāsi mahāvīro,
sabbadhammāna pāragū;
Tassāhaṁ dhammaṁ sutvāna,
vihāsiṁ santike sato;
Tisso vijjā anuppattā,
kataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.

[¶17] > Pali: … Meghiyo thero ….

[¶18] Thag 1.67 · Ekadhammasavanīya

> Pali: Thag 1.67 · Ekadhammasavanīyattheragāthā

[¶19] My defilements have been burnt away <j>by practicing absorption—
rebirth into all states of existence is eradicated,
transmigration through births is finished,
now there’ll be no more future lives.

> Pali: “Kilesā jhāpitā mayhaṁ,
bhavā sabbe samūhatā;
Vikkhīṇo jātisaṁsāro,
natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

[¶20] > Pali: … Ekadhammasavanīyo thero ….

[¶21] Thag 1.68 · Ekudāniya

> Pali: Thag 1.68 · Ekudāniyattheragāthā

[¶22] A sage of higher consciousness, diligent,
training in the ways of sagacity:
there are no sorrows for the unaffected,
calm and ever mindful.

> Pali: “Adhicetaso appamajjato,
Munino monapathesu sikkhato;
Sokā na bhavanti tādino,
Upasantassa sadā satīmato”ti.

[¶23] > Pali: … Ekudāniyo thero ….

[¶24] Thag 1.69 · Channa

> Pali: Thag 1.69 · Channattheragāthā

[¶25] Hearing the sweet Dhamma taught by the master,
all-knowing, of superb knowledge,
I’ve entered the path to realize freedom from death—
he is the expert on the road to sanctuary from the yoke.

> Pali: “Sutvāna dhammaṁ mahato mahārasaṁ,
Sabbaññutaññāṇavarena desitaṁ;
Maggaṁ papajjiṁ amatassa pattiyā,
So yogakkhemassa pathassa kovido”ti.

[¶26] > Pali: … Channo thero ….