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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.42

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Pañcamavagga
Chapter Five

Khadiravaniyattheragāthā

Revata of the Acacia Wood

“Cāle upacāle sīsūpacāle (…),
Cāla, Upacāla, and Sīsupacāla

Patissatā nu kho viharatha;
meditate mindfully!

Āgato vo vālaṁ viya vedhī”ti.
I’ve come to you like a hair-splitter.

… Khadiravaniyo thero ….