Verses of the Elder Dantikā (THIG3.4)

Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs

The Chapter of the Threes

Verses of the Elder Dantikā

“Having ventured out from my day’s abiding

at Vulture’s Peak Mountain,

I saw an elephant going in and out

the river by the shore.

A man took a pole with a hook,

and said to him: ‘Hand me your foot.’

The elephant held out his foot,

and the man mounted him.

Once I saw the untamed tamed,

brought under human control,

from there I sought one-pointedness of mind—

this is why I went to the forest.”

The Elder Dantikā