Thag 1.23 — Gosāla

English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato.

Translation

Text

Verses of the Senior Monks 1.23
The Book of the Ones
Chapter Three
Gosāla
I’ll eat honey and milk-rice
in Veḷugumba.
And then, dexterously probing
the rise and fall of the aggregates,
I’ll return to my forest hill
and foster seclusion.