PSALMS OF THE BRETHREN
Canto I.
Psalms of Single Verses
CXVI
Pāpāpariya
Translated from the Pali by Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids.
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Reborn in this Buddha-age in a brahmin family at Rājagaha, he became proficient in the three Vedas. And being of the Pārāpara clan, he was called the Pārāpariyan, [104] and taught mantras.[1] He saw the wisdom and majesty of the Master at the Rājagaha Conference, and entered the Order, in due course winning arahantship. Reflecting on his career, he broke forth in joy with this psalm:
[116] Avoiding truck with contact's sixfold field,
Guarding the gates of sense, master of self,
The general root of misery vomiting,
From every poison-taint am I immune.
This verse became his confession of aññā.
