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Thag 1.43

Sumaṅgala

Sumaṅgalattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Ones

Chapter Five

Sumaṅgala

Well freed! Well freed!
I’m very well freed from three crooked things:
my sickles, my ploughs,
and my little hoes.
Even if they were here, right here—
I’d be done with them, done!
Practice absorption Sumaṅgala! <j>Practice absorption Sumaṅgala!
Stay heedful, Sumaṅgala!

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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