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Vijayasutta Victory1

1221 |1222cara v yadi v tiha

2221 |1222sammijeti pasreti

Walking, standing,one bends (in), stretches out (the limbs),

2212 |1222ah-nahru-sayutto

4222 |1222chaviy kyo paicchanno

Bones connected with sinews,hidden by complexion,

2122 |1422antapro udarapro

1121 |2222hadayassa papphsassa

filled with intestines, with stomach,with heart, lungs,

2212 |1222sighnikya kheassa 2121 |1122

lohitassa lasikya

with mucus, saliva,with blood, synovial fluid,

1214 |1222ath'assa navahi sotehi

2222 |1212akkhimh akkhigthako

and from its nine apertures, from the eye, eye secretions;

1221 |1212nisinno uda v saya2122 |1212esa kyassa ijan

sitting or lying down,this is the body's movement. [ 193]

1122 |1212taca-mas-valepano1222 |1212 yath-bhta na dissati

plastered with skin and flesh,the body is not seen as it really is [194]

1122 |1212 yakapeassa vatthino

2211 |1212 irregularvakkassa pihakassa ca

with the lump of the liver, with bladder,kidneys, and spleen, [195]

221 |2212sedassa medassa ca2211 |1212 savipulapittassa ca vasya ca

sweat, and lymph,bile, and fat, [196]

1124 |1212asuc savati sabbad2222 |1212 anuhubha kaamh kaagthako

filth always flows: from the ear, ear secretions, [197]

1[Sutta Nipata 1.11 Verse 193-206] adapted for feminine gender, and chanted at Aranya Bodhi Hermitage

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2212 |1222sighnik ca nsto

2222 |1112pitta semha'ca vamati

and from the nose, mucus;

now bile, now phlegm;1211 |1222

ath'assa susira ssa 1122 |211

subhato na maati

and its hollow headShe thinks of it as beautiful,

1212 |1222

yad ca so mato seti 1122 |1222

apaviddho susnasmi

but when it lies dead,cast away in a charnel ground,

2212 |1222khdanti na sup ca

2222 |1222kk gijjh ca khdanti

Dogs devour it, and jackals,Crows and vultures devour it,

2212 |1112sutvna buddha-vacana

2221 |1222so kho na parijnti

Having heard the Buddha's word,

indeed she fully understands it;

1211 |1212mukhena vamat'ekad2222 |1212 navipulakyamh sedajallik

by way of the mouth, now vomit,

from the body, beads of sweat, [198] 2122 |1212matthalugassa prita2 2421 |1212 irregular or ravipulablo avijjya purakkhato

is filled with brain.a fool, overwhelmed by ignorance. [199]

2122 |1212

uddhumto vinlako4222 |1212anapekh honti ntayo

swollen up, blue-black-&-purple in colour then even relatives don't care for it. [200]

1221 |1212sigl ca vak kim 2222 |1212 ye c'anne santi payo

wolves and worms.and whatever other living creatures there are [201]

2122 |1212 navipulabhikkhu paav idha1222 |1212 yath-bhta hi passati

the bhikkhun here is wise,

she sees as it has come to be. [202]

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1212 |1222 yath ida tath eta

2221 |1222ajjhatta'ca bahiddh ca

'As is this, so is that;

internally & externally,2121 |1222

chanda-rga-viratto so 2121 |1222

ajjhag amata santi

Having discarded desire and passion,having arrived at the death-free, peace,

1212 |2112

dipdako'ya asuci 2211 |1422

nnkuapa-paripro

This two-footed filth,It is full of various corpses2 ,

2212 |1222etdisena kyena

1221 |1222para v avajneyya

With a body like this,or would disparage another

2 Jayawickrama: (many) kinds of putrid matter

1222 |1212yath eta tath ida

2222 |1212kyo chanda virjaye

as that, so this.'

her desire for the body fades away. [203] 2122 |1212bhikkhu paav idha2211 |1212nibbna-padam accuta

the bhikkhun is wise herethe state of nibbna, non-falling away. [204]

2221 |1212 bhavipuladuggandho parihrati2122 |1212vissavanto tato tato

evil-smelling, she carries around. flowing out from here and there. [205]

2222 |1212 yo mae uametave

1221 |1212 2kim aatra adassan'ti

who would think to exalt (herself),what is this except lack of insight? [206] 3

3 Pli text and translation sources: Santi F.M.,DhammaRoared by a Lion;K.R. Norman,The Group of Discourses(Sutta Nipta) 2nd ed.;N.A. Jayawickrama,Suttanipta, Text and Translation;Bhikkhu Yuttadhammo,Digital Pali Reader;Sri Lanka Tipitaka Project; and Thanissaro BhikkhuLeavesof Grass. Metre marks are in emulation of BhikkhuAnandajoti.

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