Verses of the Senior Monks 4.8 The Book of the Fours Chapter One Rāhula (THAG4.8)

1.1

“Ubhayeneva sampanno,

I am known as “Fortunate Rāhula”,

1.2

rāhulabhaddoti maṁ vidū;

because I’m accomplished in both ways:

1.3

Yañcamhi putto buddhassa,

I am the son of the Buddha,

1.4

yañca dhammesu cakkhumā.

whose eye sees clearly in all things.

2.1

Yañca me āsavā khīṇā,

Since my defilements have ended,

2.2

yañca natthi punabbhavo;

since there are no more future lives—

2.3

Arahā dakkhiṇeyyomhi,

I’m perfected, worthy of offerings,

2.4

tevijjo amataddaso.

master of the three knowledges, <j>seer of freedom from death.

3.1

Kāmandhā jālapacchannā,

Blinded by sensual pleasures, trapped in a net,

3.2

taṇhāchādanachāditā;

they are smothered over by craving;

3.3

Pamattabandhunā baddhā,

bound by the kinsman of the negligent,

3.4

macchāva kumināmukhe.

like a fish caught in a funnel-net trap.

4.1

Taṁ kāmaṁ ahamujjhitvā,

Having thrown off those sensual pleasures,

4.2

chetvā mārassa bandhanaṁ;

having cut Māra’s bond,

4.3

Samūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,

and having plucked out craving, root and all:

4.4

sītibhūtosmi nibbuto”ti.

I’m cooled, quenched.

4.5

… Rāhulo thero ….