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Purohitaputtajentattheragāthā

Jenta, the High Priest’s Son

“Jātimadena mattohaṁ,
I was drunk with the pride of birth

bhogaissariyena ca;
and wealth and authority.

Saṇṭhānavaṇṇarūpena,
I wandered about intoxicated

madamatto acārihaṁ.
with my own gorgeous body.

Nāttano samakaṁ kañci,
No-one was my equal or my better—

atirekaṁ ca maññisaṁ;
or so I thought.

Atimānahato bālo,
I was such an arrogant fool,

patthaddho ussitaddhajo.
stuck up, waving my own flag.

Mātaraṁ pitarañcāpi,
I never paid homage to anyone:

aññepi garusammate;
not even my mother or father,

Na kañci abhivādesiṁ,
nor others esteemed as respectable.

mānatthaddho anādaro.
I was stiff with pride, lacking regard for others.

Disvā vināyakaṁ aggaṁ,
When I saw the foremost leader,

sārathīnaṁ varuttamaṁ;
the most excellent of charioteers,

Tapantamiva ādiccaṁ,
shining like the sun,

bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ.
at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha,

Mānaṁ madañca chaḍḍetvā,
I discarded conceit and vanity,

vippasannena cetasā;
and, with a clear and confident heart,

Sirasā abhivādesiṁ,
I bowed down with my head

sabbasattānamuttamaṁ.
to the most excellent of all beings.

Atimāno ca omāno,
The conceit of superiority <j>and the conceit of inferiority

pahīnā susamūhatā;
have been given up and eradicated.

Asmimāno samucchinno,
The conceit “I am” is cut off,

sabbe mānavidhā hatā”ti.
and every kind of conceit is destroyed.

… Jento purohitaputto thero ….