At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Āḷavī, at Āḷavī’s premier shrine, together with his mentor, Venerable Nigrodhakappa. Now at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa looked down upon other good-hearted mendicants because of his own eloquence. Then he thought, “It’s my loss, my misfortune,
PL
Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso āḷaviyaṁ viharati aggāḷave cetiye āyasmatā nigrodhakappena upajjhāyena saddhiṁ. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso attano paṭibhānena aññe pesale bhikkhū atimaññati. Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi: “alābhā vata me, na vata me lābhā; dulladdhaṁ vata me, na vata me suladdhaṁ;
EN
that I look down on other good-hearted mendicants because of my own eloquence.” Then, on the occasion of arousing remorse in himself, he recited these verses: “Give up conceit, Gotama! Completely abandon the different kinds of conceit!
When people slain by conceit are reborn in hell, they grieve for a long time. But a mendicant who practices rightly, a path-victor, never grieves.
PL
Socanti janā cirarattaṁ, Mānahatā nirayaṁ upapannā. Na hi socati bhikkhu kadāci, Maggajino sammāpaṭipanno;
EN
They enjoy happiness and a good reputation, and they rightly call him a ‘Seer of Truth’. So being not hard-hearted, but energetic, with hindrances given up, pure;
At one time Venerable Vaṅgīsa was staying near Āḷavī, at Āḷavī’s premier shrine, together with his mentor, Venerable Nigrodhakappa. Now at that time Venerable Vaṅgīsa looked down upon other good-hearted mendicants because of his own eloquence. Then he thought, “It’s my loss, my misfortune,
PL
Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā vaṅgīso āḷaviyaṁ viharati aggāḷave cetiye āyasmatā nigrodhakappena upajjhāyena saddhiṁ. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā vaṅgīso attano paṭibhānena aññe pesale bhikkhū atimaññati. Atha kho āyasmato vaṅgīsassa etadahosi: “alābhā vata me, na vata me lābhā; dulladdhaṁ vata me, na vata me suladdhaṁ;
EN
that I look down on other good-hearted mendicants because of my own eloquence.” Then, on the occasion of arousing remorse in himself, he recited these verses: “Give up conceit, Gotama! Completely abandon the different kinds of conceit!
When people slain by conceit are reborn in hell, they grieve for a long time. But a mendicant who practices rightly, a path-victor, never grieves.
PL
Socanti janā cirarattaṁ, Mānahatā nirayaṁ upapannā. Na hi socati bhikkhu kadāci, Maggajino sammāpaṭipanno;
EN
They enjoy happiness and a good reputation, and they rightly call him a ‘Seer of Truth’. So being not hard-hearted, but energetic, with hindrances given up, pure;
Sutraya