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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.39

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Catutthavagga
Chapter Four

Tissattheragāthā

Tissa (1st)

“Sattiyā viya omaṭṭho,
Like they’re struck by a sword,

ḍayhamānova matthake;
like their head was on fire,

Kāmarāgappahānāya,
a mendicant should wander mindful

sato bhikkhu paribbaje”ti.
to give up sensual desire.

… Tisso thero ….