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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.95

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Dasamavagga
Chapter Ten

Cakkhupālattheragāthā

Cakkhupāla

“Andhohaṁ hatanettosmi,
I’m blind, my eyes are ruined,

kantāraddhānapakkhando;
I’m traveling a desolate road.

Sayamānopi gacchissaṁ,
Even if I have to crawl I’ll keep going—

na sahāyena pāpenā”ti.
though not with wicked companions.

… Cakkhupālo thero ….