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Psalms of the Brethren CCXX: Nhataka-muni
Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids (1913) · From Psalms of the Early Buddhists II: Psalms of the Brethren (1913)
Thou who foredone with cramping pains
Dwell’ st in the jungle, in the woods,
Thy range confined, in hardship dire,
Tell me, bhikkhu, how wilt thou live?
With bliss and rapture ’s flooding wave
This mortal frame is all suffused.
Though hard and rough what I endure,
Yet will I in the jungle dwell.
Wisdom’s seven branches practising,
The Powers five, the Forces too,
Rapt to ethereal heights of thought,
So will I in the jungle dwell.
From all corrupting thoughts set free,
With heart all pure and undefiled,
Often to contemplation given,
So will I in the jungle dwell.
And all the intoxicants that once,
Within, without, beset my life,
Hewn and cast out are one and all,
Never to rise for me again.
The factors five are understood,
Persisting yet with severed root.
The end of sorrow now is won,
And all rebirth for me is done.
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MLA
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CCXX: Nhataka-muni.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/219/.
Chicago
Theragatha, The Brethren of the. “Psalms of the Brethren CCXX: Nhataka-muni.” Translated by Mrs. C. A. F. Rhys Davids. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theragatha-brethren/219/.
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