Thig 1.17 — Verses of the Elder Dhammā

English translation by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.

Translation

Text

Thig 1:17 Dhammā

Wandering for alms—
weak, leaning on a staff,1
with trembling limbs—
I fell down right there on the ground.

Seeing the drawbacks of the body,
my mind was then
            set free.

Note

1. Reading daṇḍamolubbha with the Burmese, Sinhalese, and PTS editions. The Thai edition has daṇḍamādāya, “holding a staff.”