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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.77

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Aṭṭhamavagga
Chapter Eight

Hatthārohaputtattheragāthā

Hatthārohaputta

“Idaṁ pure cittamacāri cārikaṁ,
In the past my mind wandered

Yenicchakaṁ yatthakāmaṁ yathāsukhaṁ;
how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.

Tadajjahaṁ niggahessāmi yoniso,
Now I’ll carefully guide it,

Hatthippabhinnaṁ viya aṅkusaggaho”ti.
as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.

… Hatthārohaputto thero ….