Theragāthā 148

Verses of the Senior Monks 2.28

The Book of the Twos

Chapter Three

Bharata

1 Come, Nandaka, let’s go

to visit our preceptor.

We’ll roar our lion’s roar

before the best of Buddhas.

2 The sage gave us the going forth

out of compassion, so we could realize

the ending of all fetters—

now we have reached that goal.