Theragāthā 2.25
Translators: sujato
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 ….