Theragāthā 1.8
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.8
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Paṭhamavagga
Chapter One
Vīrattheragāthā
Vīra
“Yo duddamiyo damena danto,
Once hard to tame, now tamed himself;
Vīro santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho;
a hero, content, with doubt overcome;
Vijitāvī apetalomahaṁso,
victorious, with goosebumps vanished,
Vīro so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.
Vīra is steadfast, and has become extinguished.
Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā vīro thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Vīra.