Theragāthā 1.7
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.7
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
Bhalliyattheragāthā
Bhalliya
“Yopānudī maccurājassa senaṁ,
He has swept away the army of the King of Death,
Naḷasetuṁva sudubbalaṁ mahogho;
as a fragile bridge of reeds by a great flood.
Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi,
Victorious since his fears have vanished:
Danto so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.
tame and steadfast, he has become quenched.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā bhalliyo thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Bhalliya.