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Yasadatta

“Upārambhacitto dummedho,
With fault-finding mind, the dullard

suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ;
listens to the victor’s instruction.

Ārakā hoti saddhammā,
They’re as far from the true teaching

nabhaso pathavī yathā.
as the earth is from the sky.

Upārambhacitto dummedho,
With fault-finding mind, the dullard

suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ;
listens to the victor’s instruction.

Parihāyati saddhammā,
They fall away from the true teaching,

kāḷapakkheva candimā.
like the moon in the waning fortnight.

Upārambhacitto dummedho,
With fault-finding mind, the dullard

suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ;
listens to the victor’s instruction.

Parisussati saddhamme,
They wither away in the true teaching,

maccho appodake yathā.
like a fish in a little puddle.

Upārambhacitto dummedho,
With fault-finding mind, the dullard

suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ;
listens to the victor’s instruction.

Na virūhati saddhamme,
They don’t thrive in the true teaching,

khette bījaṁva pūtikaṁ.
like a rotten seed in a field.

Yo ca tuṭṭhena cittena,
But one with contented mind

suṇāti jinasāsanaṁ;
who listens to the victor’s instruction—

Khepetvā āsave sabbe,
having wiped out all defilements;

sacchikatvā akuppataṁ;
having witnessed the unshakable;

Pappuyya paramaṁ santiṁ,
having arrived at ultimate peace—

parinibbātināsavo”ti.
the undefiled become fully extinguished.”

… Yasadatto thero ….