Nagavagga ⧸ Gāthā 326
Idaṃ pure cittamacāri cārikaṃ
Yenicchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ
Tadajjahaṃ niggahessāmi yoniso
Hatthippabhinnaṃ viya aṅkusaggaho
Yenicchakaṃ yatthakāmaṃ yathāsukhaṃ
Tadajjahaṃ niggahessāmi yoniso
Hatthippabhinnaṃ viya aṅkusaggaho
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The Elephant ⧸ Verse 326
Once did this heart wander and roam
As it listed, where it liked, just as it pleased:
To-day completely shall I hold it in,
As a mahout the furious elephant.
As it listed, where it liked, just as it pleased:
To-day completely shall I hold it in,
As a mahout the furious elephant.
English translation by Albert Edmunds, from Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada) (1902).
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