Verses of the Senior Monks 2.28 The Book of the Twos Chapter Three Bharata (THAG2.28)

1.1

“Ehi nandaka gacchāma,

Come, Nandaka, let’s go

1.2

upajjhāyassa santikaṁ;

to visit our preceptor.

1.3

Sīhanādaṁ nadissāma,

We’ll roar our lion’s roar

1.4

buddhaseṭṭhassa sammukhā.

before the best of Buddhas.

2.1

Yāya no anukampāya,

The sage gave us the going forth

2.2

amhe pabbājayī muni;

out of compassion, so we could realize

2.3

So no attho anuppatto,

the ending of all fetters—

2.4

sabbasaṁyojanakkhayo”ti.

now we have reached that goal.

2.5

… Bharato thero ….