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Dantikātherīgāthā

Dantikā Verses of the Elder Dantikā

“Divāvihārā nikkhamma,
Leaving my day’s meditation
“Having ventured out from my day’s abiding

gijjhakūṭamhi pabbate;
on Vulture’s Peak Mountain,
at Vulture’s Peak Mountain,

Nāgaṁ ogāhamuttiṇṇaṁ,
I saw an elephant on the riverbank
I saw an elephant going in and out

nadītīramhi addasaṁ.
having just come up from his bath.
the river by the shore.

Puriso aṅkusamādāya,
A man, taking a pole with a hook,
A man took a pole with a hook,

‘dehi pādan’ti yācati;
asked the elephant, “Give me your foot.”
and said to him: ‘Hand me your foot.’

Nāgo pasārayī pādaṁ,
The elephant presented his foot,
The elephant held out his foot,

puriso nāgamāruhi.
and the man mounted him.
and the man mounted him.

Disvā adantaṁ damitaṁ,
Seeing a wild beast so tamed,
Once I saw the untamed tamed,

manussānaṁ vasaṁ gataṁ;
submitting to human control,
brought under human control,

Tato cittaṁ samādhesiṁ,
my mind became serene:
from there I sought one-pointedness of mind—

khalu tāya vanaṁ gatā”ti.
<em>that</em> is why I’ve gone to the forest!
this is why I went to the forest.”

… Dantikā therī ….
The Elder Dantikā