Tipiṭaka

Therīgāthā 32

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Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.4

The Book of the Threes

Dantikā

1 Leaving my day’s meditation

on Vulture’s Peak Mountain,

I saw an elephant on the riverbank

having just come up from his bath.

2 A man, taking a pole with a hook,

asked the elephant, “Give me your foot.”

The elephant presented his foot,

and the man mounted him.

3 Seeing a wild beast so tamed,

submitting to human control,

my mind became serene:

that is why I’ve gone to the forest!

Sujato translation (Sujato), 2018. CC0 1.0 Universal. Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato, published by SuttaCentral and dedicated to the public domain through CC0. Version: bilara-data, published branch at 4b0b8739c (2026-11-05). Source

Pali Canon of Theravāda Buddhism, Mahāsaṅgīti edition.

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