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TheragÄthÄ 3.1 Verses of the Senior Monks 3.1
TikanipÄta The Book of the Threes
Paį¹hamavagga Chapter One
Aį¹
gaį¹ikabhÄradvÄjattheragÄthÄ Aį¹
gaį¹ikabhÄradvÄja
āAyoni suddhimanvesaį¹, Seeking purity the wrong way,
aggiį¹ paricariį¹ vane; I served the sacred fire in a grove.
Suddhimaggaį¹ ajÄnanto, Not knowing the path to purity,
akÄsiį¹ amaraį¹ tapaį¹. I practiced endless mortification.
Taį¹ sukhena sukhaį¹ laddhaį¹, Iāve gained this happiness by means of happiness:
passa dhammasudhammataį¹; behold the clear rightness of the teaching!
Tisso vijjÄ anuppattÄ, Iāve attained the three knowledges
kataį¹ buddhassa sÄsanaį¹. and fulfilled the Buddhaās instructions.
Brahmabandhu pure Äsiį¹, I used to be brahmin only by kin, This expression (also at Thig 12.1:16.1, Thig 13.2:21.1) shows that brahmabandhu has the disparaging sense of ābrahmin only by kin (but not by practice)ā, a sense found in the Vedic literature as well (Aitareya BrÄhmaį¹a 35.1.4, 35.3.2; ChÄndogya Upaniį¹£ad 6.1.1).
idÄni khomhi brÄhmaį¹o; but now I really am a brahmin!
Tevijjo nhÄtako camhi, I am master of the three knowledges, Iām a bathed initiate,
sottiyo camhi vedagÅ«āti. Iām a scholar and a knowledge master.
ā¦ Aį¹
gaį¹ikabhÄradvÄjo thero ā¦.