Theragāthā 1.5
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.5
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
Dabbattheragāthā
Dabba
“Yo duddamiyo damena danto,
Once hard to tame, now tamed himself;
Dabbo santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho;
clever, content, with doubt overcome;
Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi,
victorious since his fears have vanished:
Dabbo so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.
Dabba is steadfast, and has become extinguished.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā dabbo thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Dabba.