Thag 2.24Valliya (3rd)
Pāli / Sanskrit:Valliyattheragāthā
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– THERAGĀTHĀ
– BOOK OF THE TWOS
2.24. Valliya
BJT 167“Whatever must be done with steadfast energy, whatever must be done by one who aspires to awakening, I will do. I will not fail—behold my energy and effort.
BJT 168“Please tell me the direct path to penetrate the Deathless. I will comprehend it as a sage, just as the Gaṅgā flows into the ocean.”
The venerable elder Valliya spoke these verses thus.
The verses of the elder Valliya.
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/.
Used by kind permission of the translator.
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