Thag 1.73Māṇava
Pāli / Sanskrit:Māṇavattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE ONES
1.73. Māṇava
BJT 73“Having seen an old person, one afflicted by illness, and a dead person whose life had run out, I therefore departed and went forth, abandoning delightful sensual pleasures.”
The venerable elder Māṇava spoke this verse thus.
The verse of the elder Māṇava.
Translated by Bhikkhu Indacanda , 2011 . Based on the Buddha Jayanthi edition of the Pali canon, as corrected by Bhikkhu Indacanda. Full text, translation, and notes are available at the translator’s website: http://tamtangpaliviet.net/.
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