Theragāthā 1.14
Translators: sujato
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 ….