Theragatha
Chapter I — Single Verses

26

Abhaya

Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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Hearing the well-spoken words
of the Awakened One,
Kinsman of the Sun,
I pierced what is subtle --
    as if, with an arrow,
    the tip of a horse-tail hair.