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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.14

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Dutiyavagga
Chapter Two

Sivakasāmaṇeragāthā

The Novice Sivaka

“Upajjhāyo maṁ avaca,
My mentor said to me:

ito gacchāma sīvaka;
“Let’s leave here, Sīvaka.”

Gāme me vasati kāyo,
My body lives in the village,

araññaṁ me gato mano;
but my mind has gone to the wilderness.

Semānakopi gacchāmi,
I go there even when lying down—

natthi saṅgo vijānatan”ti.
you can't snare those who know.

… Vanavacchassa therassa (siviko) sāmaṇero ….