Theragāthā 1.14 Ekakanipāta Dutiyavagga Sivakasāmaṇeragāthā

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.14 The Book of the Ones Chapter Two The Novice Sivaka

1.1

“Upajjhāyo maṁ avaca,

My mentor said to me:

1.2

ito gacchāma sīvaka;

“Let’s leave here, Sīvaka.”

1.3

Gāme me vasati kāyo,

My body lives in the village,

1.4

araññaṁ me gato mano;

but my mind has gone to the wilderness.

1.5

Semānakopi gacchāmi,

I go there even when lying down—

1.6

natthi saṅgo vijānatan”ti.

you can’t chain those who know.

1.7

… Vanavacchassa therassa (siviko) sāmaṇero ….