Theragāthā 1.119
Translators: sujato
Verses of the Senior Monks 1.119
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Dvādasamavagga
Chapter Twelve
Vajjiputtattheragāthā
Vajjiputta (2nd)
“Rukkhamūlagahanaṁ pasakkiya,
You’ve left for the jungle, the root of a tree,
Nibbānaṁ hadayasmiṁ opiya;
with quenching in your heart.
Jhāya gotama mā ca pamādo,
Practice absorption, Gotama, don’t be negligent!
Kiṁ te biḷibiḷikā karissatī”ti.
What is this hullabaloo to you?
… Vajjiputto thero ….