Nagavagga ⧸ Gāthā 329
No ce labhetha nipakaṃ sahāyaṃ
Saddhiṃ caraṃ sādhu vihāri dhīraṃ
Rājā va raṭṭhaṃ vijitaṃ pahāya
Eko care mātaṅgaraññe va nāgo
Saddhiṃ caraṃ sādhu vihāri dhīraṃ
Rājā va raṭṭhaṃ vijitaṃ pahāya
Eko care mātaṅgaraññe va nāgo
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The Elephant ⧸ Verse 329
If you dont gain a mature companion —
a fellow traveler, right-living, enlightened —
go alone
like a king renouncing his kingdom,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds,
his herd.
a fellow traveler, right-living, enlightened —
go alone
like a king renouncing his kingdom,
like the elephant in the Matanga wilds,
his herd.
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