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Buddhism · Sutta Pitaka · Minor Collection (Khuddaka)

Thag, poem 228

Sarabhaṅga · Sarabhaṅgattheragāthā

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I broke the reeds off with my hands, made a hut, and stayed there. That’s how I became known as “Reed-breaker”.
“Sare hatthehi bhañjitvā, katvāna kuṭimacchisaṁ; Tena me sarabhaṅgoti, nāmaṁ sammutiyā ahu.
But now it’s not appropriate for me to break reeds with my hands. The training rules have been laid down for us by Gotama the renowned.
Na mayhaṁ kappate ajja, sare hatthehi bhañjituṁ; Sikkhāpadā no paññattā, gotamena yasassinā.
Previously, I, Sarabhaṅga, didn’t see the disease in its entirety. But now I have seen the disease, as I’ve practiced what was taught by he who is beyond the gods.
Sakalaṁ samattaṁ rogaṁ, Sarabhaṅgo nāddasaṁ pubbe; Soyaṁ rogo diṭṭho, Vacanakarenātidevassa.
Gotama traveled by that direct route; the same path traveled by Vipassī, by Sikhī, Vessabhū, Kakusandha, Koṇāgamana, and Kassapa.
Yeneva maggena gato vipassī, Yeneva maggena sikhī ca vessabhū; Kakusandhakoṇāgamano ca kassapo, Tenañjasena agamāsi gotamo.
These seven Buddhas have plunged into the ending, free of craving, without grasping, having become Dhamma, unaffected. They have taught this Dhamma
Vītataṇhā anādānā, satta buddhā khayogadhā; Yehāyaṁ desito dhammo, dhammabhūtehi tādibhi.
out of compassion for living creatures— suffering, origin, path, and cessation, the ending of suffering. In these four noble truths,
Cattāri ariyasaccāni, anukampāya pāṇinaṁ; Dukkhaṁ samudayo maggo, nirodho dukkhasaṅkhayo.
the endless suffering of transmigration finally comes to an end. When the body breaks up, and life comes to an end, there are no future lives; I’m everywhere well freed.
Yasmiṁ nivattate dukkhaṁ, saṁsārasmiṁ anantakaṁ; Bhedā imassa kāyassa, jīvitassa ca saṅkhayā; Añño punabbhavo natthi, suvimuttomhi sabbadhī”ti. … Sarabhaṅgo thero … Sattakanipāto niṭṭhito.
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Tatruddānaṁ
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Sundarasamuddo thero, thero lakuṇḍabhaddiyo; Bhaddo thero ca sopāko, sarabhaṅgo mahāisi; Sattake pañcakā therā, gāthāyo pañcatiṁsatīti.
Thag, poem 227Thag, poem 229

English — SuttaCentral English (Bhikkhu Sujato; Vinaya: Bhikkhu Brahmali) (2018). CC0 (public domain dedication). Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato and Bhikkhu Brahmali, dedicated to the public domain (CC0), SuttaCentral. Source

Pāli — Tipiṭaka (Pāli, Mahāsaṅgīti edition) (Pāli canon; Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka edition). CC0 (public domain dedication). Pāli text (Mahāsaṅgīti edition) via SuttaCentral, CC0. Source

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