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From:
Theragāthā 6.9 Verses of the Senior Monks 6.9
Chakkanipāta The Book of the Sixes
Paṭhamavagga Chapter One
Purohitaputtajentattheragāthā Jenta, the High Priest’s Son
“Jātimadena mattohaṁ, I was drunk with the pride of birth
bhogaissariyena ca; and wealth and authority.
Saṇṭhānavaṇṇarūpena, I wandered about intoxicated
madamatto acārihaṁ. with my own gorgeous body.
Nāttano samakaṁ kañci, No-one was my equal or my better—
atirekaṁ ca maññisaṁ; or so I thought.
Atimānahato bālo, I was such an arrogant fool,
patthaddho ussitaddhajo. stuck up, waving my own flag.
Mātaraṁ pitarañcāpi, I never paid homage to anyone:
aññepi garusammate; not even my mother or father,
Na kañci abhivādesiṁ, nor others esteemed as respectable.
mānatthaddho anādaro. I was stiff with pride, lacking regard for others.
Disvā vināyakaṁ aggaṁ, When I saw the foremost leader,
sārathīnaṁ varuttamaṁ; the most excellent of charioteers,
Tapantamiva ādiccaṁ, shining like the sun,
bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ. at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha,
Mānaṁ madañca chaḍḍetvā, I discarded conceit and vanity,
vippasannena cetasā; and, with a clear and confident heart,
Sirasā abhivādesiṁ, I bowed down with my head
sabbasattānamuttamaṁ. to the most excellent of all beings.
Atimāno ca omāno, The conceit of superiority and the conceit of inferiority
pahīnā susamūhatā; have been given up and eradicated.
Asmimāno samucchinno, The conceit “I am” is cut off,
sabbe mānavidhā hatā”ti. and every kind of conceit is destroyed.
… Jento purohitaputto thero ….