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Pali text, illustration and English translation of Dhammapada verse 160:

补迟迟腻 hi attano 苍腻迟丑辞 kohi 苍腻迟丑辞 paro siy膩 |
attan'膩va sudantena 苍腻迟丑补峁� labhati 诲耻濒濒补产丑补峁� || 160 ||

160. Oneself is refuge of oneself, who else indeed could refuge be? By good training of oneself one gains a refuge hard to gain.

Be ye your own protector. Who else is? With a well-tamed self one鈥檚 found a rare protector.

The Story of the Mother of 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补

While residing at the Jetavana Monastery, the Buddha spoke this verse, with reference to the mother of 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补.

Once, a young married woman asked permission from her husband to become a nun. Through ignorance, she went to join some nuns who were the pupils of Devadatta. This young woman was pregnant before she became a nun, but she was not aware of the fact at that time. But in due course, the pregnancy became obvious and the other nuns took her to their teacher Devadatta. Devadatta ordered her to go back to the household life. She then said to the other nuns, 鈥淚 have not intended to become a nun under your teacher Devadatta; I have come here by mistake. Please take me to the Jetavana Monastery, take me to the Buddha.鈥� Thus, she came to the Buddha. The Buddha knew that she was pregnant before she became a nun and was therefore innocent; but he was not going to handle the case. The Buddha sent for King Pasenadi of Kosala, 础苍腻迟丑补辫颈峁囜笉颈办补, the famous rich man, and 痴颈蝉腻办丑腻, the famous donor of the 笔耻产产腻谤腻尘补 Monastery, and many other persons. He then told Elder 鲍辫腻濒颈 to settle the case in public.

痴颈蝉腻办丑腻 took the young woman behind a curtain; she examined her and reported to Venerable 鲍辫腻濒颈 that the woman was already pregnant when she became a nun. Venerable 鲍辫腻濒颈 then declared to the audience that the woman was quite innocent and therefore had not soiled her morality (蝉墨濒补). In due course, a son was born to her. The boy was adopted by King Pasenadi and was named 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补. When the boy was seven years old, on learning that his mother was a nun, he also became a s膩manera under the tutelage of the Buddha. When he came of age he was admitted to the Sangha; as a monk, he took a meditation topic from the Buddha and went to the forest. There, he practiced meditation ardently and diligently and within a short time attained arahatship. However, he continued to live in the forest for twelve more years. Thus his mother had not seen him for twelve years and she longed to see her son very much. One day, seeing him, the mother nun ran after her son weeping and calling out his name. Seeing his mother, 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 thought that if he were to speak pleasantly to his mother she would still be attached to him and her future would be ruined. So for the sake of her future (realization of 狈颈产产腻苍补) he was deliberately stern and spoke harshly to her: 鈥淗ow is it, that you, a member of the sangha, could not even cut off this affection for a son?鈥� The mother thought that her son was very cruel to her, and she asked him what he meant. 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 repeated what he had said before. On hearing his answer, the mother of 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 reflected: 鈥淥 yes, for twelve years I have shed tears for this son of mine. yet, he has spoken harshly to me. What is the use of my affection for him?鈥� Then, the futility of her attachment to her son dawned upon her and then and there, she decided to cut off her attachment to her son. By cutting off her attachment entirely, the mother of 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 attained arahatship on the same day. To them the Buddha said, 鈥淢onks! In trying to reach the 诲别惫腻 world, or in trying to attain arahatship, you cannot depend on others, you must work hard on your own.鈥�

Explanatory Translation

attano 补迟迟腻 hi 苍腻迟丑辞 paro ko hi 苍腻迟丑辞 siy膩 sudantena
attan膩 eva 诲耻濒濒补产丑补峁� 苍腻迟丑补峁� labhati

attano [attana]: to one鈥檚 own self; 补迟迟腻 hi: one鈥檚 own self; 苍腻迟丑辞 [苍腻迟丑补]: is the saviour; paro ko hi: what other person; 苍腻迟丑辞 siy膩: will be (your) saviour; sudantena: well disciplined; attan膩 eva: one鈥檚 self only; 诲耻濒濒补产丑补峁� [dullabha]: difficult (to be attained); 苍腻迟丑补峁� [苍腻迟丑补]: help; labhati: will receive

The saviour of one鈥檚 self is one鈥檚 own self. What other person could be your saviour? This is a difficult kind of help鈥揵eing your own saviour. It can be achieved only through self discipline.

Commentary and exegetical material (Verse 160)

Venerable 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补: 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 took to a monk鈥檚 life with the consent of the king. He retreated to a forest known as Andhavana. There he listened to a sermon on the Ant Hill allegory. To 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补, the sermon was a revelation. The ideal that was before him for one hundred thousand 忙ons (办补濒辫腻蝉) was at last realized. The wealth of meaning unfolded by the sermon gave realization to 狈颈产产腻苍补 that so long eluded his grasp. The bewildering variety of imagery fascinated him who through the ages was pining to be skilled in dialectics, the Buddha Padumuttara鈥檚 prophecy has come true, as with the prophecies of all other Buddhas. 碍耻尘腻谤补办补蝉蝉补辫补 had no equal among his peers for dialectical oratory.