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Thag 1.77

Thag 1.77 Hatthārohaputta

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Thag 1.77 - Hatthārohaputta
Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato
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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.77
The Book of the Ones
Chapter Eight
Hatthārohaputta
In the past my mind wandered
how it wished, where it liked, as it pleased.
Now I’ll carefully guide it,
as a trainer with a hook guides a rutting elephant.