PSALMS OF THE BRETHREN

Canto I.
Psalms of Single Verses

XL
Vaḍḍhamāna

Translated from the Pali by Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids.

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[Pali]

 

Reborn in this Buddha-age at Vesalī, in the family of a Licchavi rāja, he became as a pious lad a servitor to the Order. Later, after he had been ordained, he also was subject to sloth and torpor, and was also aroused by the Master with this verse :

[40] As one downsmitten by impending sword,
As one whose hair and turban are aflame,
So let the Brother, mindful and alert,
Go forth, all lust of living^[1] left behind.

 

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^[1] Lit., of becoming. For satto read sato.