Theragāthā 1.73

Translators: sujato

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.73

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Aṭṭhamavagga
Chapter Eight

Māṇavattheragāthā

Māṇava

“Jiṇṇañca disvā dukhitañca byādhitaṁ,
Seeing an old person, and one suffering from disease,

Matañca disvā gatamāyusaṅkhayaṁ;
and a corpse come to the end of life,

Tato ahaṁ nikkhamitūna pabbajiṁ,
I went forth, becoming a wanderer,

Pahāya kāmāni manoramānī”ti.
and giving up the pleasures of the senses.

… Māṇavo thero ….