Theragāthā 1.72
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.72
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Aṭṭhamavagga
Chapter Eight
Ātumattheragāthā
Ātuma
“Yathā kaḷīro susu vaḍḍhitaggo,
A young bamboo is hard to extract
Dunnikkhamo hoti pasākhajāto;
when the point is grown and become all woody.
Evaṁ ahaṁ bhariyāyānitāya,
That’s how I feel with the wife <j>who was arranged for me.
Anumaññaṁ maṁ pabbajitomhi dānī”ti.
Give me permission—now I’ve gone forth.
… Ātumo thero ….