The Sutta Pitaka

Khuddaka Nikaya
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Therigatha

Verses of the Elder Nuns

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Therigatha III.3

Dantika and the Elephant

Translated from the Pali by C.A.F. Rhys Davids.

Read an alternate translation by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

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Coming from noonday-rest on Vulture's Peak
I saw an elephant, his bathing done,
Forth from the river issue. And a man,
Taking his goad, bade the great creature stretch
His foot: 'Give me thy foot.' The elephant
Obeyed, and to his neck the driver sprang.
I saw the untamed tamed, I saw him bent
To master's will; and making inwardly,
I passed into the forest depths and there
I' faith I trained and ordered all my heart.

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Khuddaka Nikaya contents:

Dhammapada | Therigatha | Udana

Theragatha| Sutta Nipata | Itivuttaka

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