- Verses of the Senior Monks 2.25 Theragāthā 2.25
- The Book of the Twos Dukanipāta
- Chapter Three Tatiyavagga
Vītasoka Vītasokattheragāthā
The barber approached “Kese me olikhissanti, to shave my head. kappako upasaṅkami; I picked up a mirror Tato ādāsamādāya, and examined my body. sarīraṁ paccavekkhisaṁ.
My body appeared hollow; Tuccho kāyo adissittha, I once was blind, but the darkness disappeared. andhakāro tamo byagā; My fancy hairdo has been cut off: Sabbe coḷā samucchinnā, now there’ll be no more future lives. natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.
… Vītasoko thero ….