PSALMS OF THE BRETHREN

Canto I.
Psalms of Single Verses

CVIII
Dhammāsava's Father

Translated from the Pali by Mrs. C.A.F. Rhys Davids.

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[Pali]

 

He followed his son's example, saying: 'My son left the world when he was young; why should not I leave it?' So he, too, sought the Master, and in due course realized arahahtship and uttered his psalm:

[108] A hundred years was I and eke a score,
When forth I went and knew my home no more.
The Threefold Wisdom have I made my own,
And all the Buddha's ordinance is done.