[380] He who was highly exalted in the realm, an attendant (patthagū) of the King of Aṅga —
today he is exalted in dhammas: Soṇa has gone to the far shore of suffering (dukkha).
One should cut off five, abandon five, and develop five further;
the bhikkhu who has surmounted the five ties (saṅga) is called "one who has crossed the flood (ogha)."
For a bhikkhu who is haughty, heedless, whose longing is for what is outside,
virtue (sīla), concentration (samādhi), and wisdom (paññā) do not come to fulfillment.
What ought to be done is cast aside, while what ought not to be done is done instead:
for those who are haughty and heedless, the taints (āsava) increase.
But those in whom mindfulness directed to the body (kāyagatā sati) is constantly and thoroughly undertaken —
they do not pursue what ought not to be done, but persevere in what ought to be done;
for those who are mindful and clearly comprehending (sampajāna), the taints come to an end.
The straight path has been declared: go forward, do not turn back.
Urging himself on by himself, let one bring himself to Nibbāna.
When my energy (vīriya) was strained too taut, the Teacher, unsurpassed in the world,
the One with Vision, taught the Dhamma, making the simile of the lute (vīṇā).
Having heard his word, I dwelt delighting in the teaching;
I practiced calm (samatha) for the attainment of the supreme goal.
The three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
For one intent on renunciation (nekkhamma) and on seclusion of mind,
for one intent on non-ill will and on the destruction of clinging (upādāna),
for one intent on the destruction of craving (taṇhā) and on non-confusion of mind —
having seen the arising of the sense bases (āyatana), the mind (citta) is rightly liberated.
For that bhikkhu, rightly liberated, his mind at peace,
there is no piling up of what has been done; nothing remains that must be done.
Just as a mountain of solid rock is not stirred by the wind,
so forms, tastes, sounds, smells, and contacts one and all,
and dhammas wished for and unwished for, do not make one who is Such (tādī) tremble:
his mind stands firm, detached, and he contemplates its vanishing.
The Elder Soṇa Koḷivisa.
Summary (uddāna):
The Elder Soṇa Koḷivisa, of great psychic power (mahiddhika), is the only one here;
and in the Book of the Thirteens the verses are thirteen.
The Book of the Thirteens is concluded.
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The Book of the Fourteens of the Theragāthā
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.