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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.109

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones

Ekādasamavagga
Chapter Eleven

Saṅgharakkhitattheragāthā

Saṅgharakkhita

“Na nūnāyaṁ paramahitānukampino,
Even on retreat he doesn’t heed the counsel

Rahogato anuvigaṇeti sāsanaṁ;
of the one with supreme compassion for his welfare.

Tathāhayaṁ viharati pākatindriyo,
He lives with unrestrained faculties,

Migī yathā taruṇajātikā vane”ti.
like a young deer in the woods.

… Saṅgharakkhito thero ….