Thag 3.13 — Abhibhūta

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Translation

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Thag 3:13 Abhibhūta

Listen, kinsmen, all of you,
as many as are assembled here.
I will teach you the Dhamma:
    Painful is birth,
    again & again.

Rouse yourselves.
    Go forth.
Apply yourselves
to the Awakened One’s bidding.
Scatter the army of Death
as an elephant would
a shed made of reeds.

He who,
in this Dhamma & Vinaya,
stays heedful,
abandoning birth,
    the wandering-on,
will put an end
to suffering & stress.