Verses of the Senior Monks 3.1 The Book of the Threes Chapter One Aṅgaṇikabhāradvāja (THAG3.1)

1.1

“Ayoni suddhimanvesaṁ,

Seeking purity the wrong way,

1.2

aggiṁ paricariṁ vane;

I served the sacred fire in a grove.

1.3

Suddhimaggaṁ ajānanto,

Not knowing the path to purity,

1.4

akāsiṁ amaraṁ tapaṁ.

I practiced endless mortification.

2.1

Taṁ sukhena sukhaṁ laddhaṁ,

I’ve gained this happiness by means of happiness:

2.2

passa dhammasudhammataṁ;

behold the clear rightness of the teaching!

2.3

Tisso vijjā anuppattā,

I’ve attained the three knowledges

2.4

kataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.

and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.

3.1

Brahmabandhu pure āsiṁ,

I used to be brahmin only by kin,

3.2

idāni khomhi brāhmaṇo;

but now I really am a brahmin!

3.3

Tevijjo nhātako camhi,

I am master of the three knowledges, <j>I’m a bathed initiate,

3.4

sottiyo camhi vedagū”ti.

I’m a scholar and a knowledge master.

3.5

… Aṅgaṇikabhāradvājo thero ….