________________
32
19.
20.
21.
na jai-matte na ya ruva-matte,
na labha-matte na suena matte, mayani savvani vivajjayanto
dhamma-jjhana-rae ya je, sa bhikkhu. Who prides not himself on caste, nor on beauty,
Nor on gain, nor on learning;
Eschewing all prides,
Lord Mahâvîra
Absorbed in meditation on dhamma, he is indeed the ideal monk.
paveyae ajja-payam maha-muni, dhamme thio thavayai param pi; nikkhamma vajjejja kusila-lingam
na yavi hasam kahae [je], sa bhikkhu. Teacher of the noble goal, the great saint,
Himself established in steadfastness, established others too; Renouncing all, who shuns the vestiges of monkhood bad, Indulges not in laughter silly, is indeed the ideal
monk.
tam deha-vasam asuim asasayam
saya cae nicca-hiya-tthiy' appo; chindittu jai-maranassa bandhanam
uvei bhikkhu apunagamam gaim
-tti bemi.
The mortal frame impure and fragile, One should ever forsake, steady in perennial weal of self,
Tearing off the bondage of birth and death, The monk attains the state, from metempsychosis free. -Thus do say.
