PSALMS OF THE BRETHREN
Canto I.
Psalms of Single Verses
LXXXVII
Paviṭṭha
Translated from the Pali by Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids.
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Reborn in this Buddha-age in the kingdom of Magadha, in a brahmin's family, and being naturally inclined to the life of a recluse, he became a Wanderer. His training ended, he wandered forth, and heard of Upatissa and Kolita (= Sāriputta and Moggallāna) joining the Buddha's Order. And he thought: 'That methinks must be a [83] better Order since such great sages enter it.' And he went and heard the Master, believed, and was ordained. Soon after he realized arahantship, and thus confessed aññā:
[87] The factors of the self are throughly seen;
All bases of new being broken down.
Slain utterly the cycle of rebirth.
Now is there no more coming back to be.[1]
