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Verses of the Senior Monks 2.25

Dukanipāta
The Book of the Twos

Tatiyavagga
Chapter Three

Vītasokattheragāthā

Vītasoka

“Kese me olikhissanti,
The barber approached

kappako upasaṅkami;
to shave my head.

Tato ādāsamādāya,
I picked up a mirror

sarīraṁ paccavekkhisaṁ.
and examined my body.

Tuccho kāyo adissittha,
My body appeared hollow;

andhakāro tamo byagā;
I once was blind, but the darkness disappeared.

Sabbe coḷā samucchinnā,
My fancy hairdo has been cut off:

natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.
now there’ll be no more future lives.

… Vītasoko thero ….