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Elder Sāmidatta. The ninth chapter is finished. Its summary – The Elder Samitigutta, and Kassapa called Siha; Nīta, Sunāga, Nāgita, Paviṭṭha, the sage Ajjuna; And Elder Devasabha, Sāmidatta of great power. The Tenth Chapter Not so sweet, a hundred times, is the well-cooked food I ate today; As the Dhamma taught by Gotama, the Buddha, the one of boundless vision. ... Elder Paripuṇṇaka. Whose defilements are exhausted, and who is unattached to food; Emancipation, empty and signless, is his domain; Like the path of birds in the sky, his path is hard to trace. ... Elder Vijaya. Painful are sensual pleasures, Eraka, not pleasant are sensual pleasures, Eraka; Whoever desires sensual pleasures, desires pain, Eraka; Whoever does not desire sensual pleasures, does not desire pain, Eraka. ... Elder Eraka. Homage indeed to that Blessed One, the glorious son of the Sakyas; By him, who attained the highest, the supreme Dhamma was well taught. ... Elder Mettaji. I am blind, my eyes destroyed, fallen on a wilderness path; Even if I fall, I will go on, but not with an evil companion. ... Elder Cakkhupāla. One flower having abandoned it, for eighty crores of years; Having served in the heavens, I am extinguished with the remainder. … Elder Khaṇḍasumana…. 7. The Verses of Elder Tissa 97. Having abandoned a hundred-pala bronze bowl, a golden one of a hundred measures; I took a clay bowl, this is my second anointing. … Elder Tissa…. 8. The Verses of Elder Abhaya 98. Seeing a form, mindfulness is lost, when one attends to a pleasing sign; With a mind inflamed, one feels it, and clings to it; His defilements increase, leading to the root of existence. … Elder Abhaya…. 9. The Verses of Elder Uttiya 99. Hearing a sound, mindfulness is lost, when one attends to a pleasing sign; With a mind inflamed, one feels it, and clings to it; His defilements increase, leading to transmigration. … Elder Uttiya…. 10. (Second) The Verses of Elder Devasabha 100. Endowed with right endeavors, dwelling in the domain of mindfulness foundations; Adorned with the flower of liberation, he will attain final Nibbāna, without defilements. … Elder Devasabha…. The tenth chapter is finished. Its summary – Paripuṇṇaka and Vijaya, Eraka, Mettajī the sage; Cakkhupāla, Khaṇḍasumana, Tissa and Abhaya likewise; Uttiya the greatly wise, and Elder Devasabha too. 11. The Eleventh Chapter 1. The Verses of Elder Belaṭṭhānika 101. Having abandoned the household life, with an unfulfilled self, a mouth-plougher, gluttonous, lazy; Like a great boar fed on slop, the fool repeatedly enters the womb. … Elder Belaṭṭhānika…. 2. The Verses of Elder Setuccha 102. Deceived by conceit, defiled in formations; Afflicted by gain and loss, they do not attain concentration. … Elder Setuccha…. 3. The Verses of Elder Bandhura 103. I am not desirous of this, contented and satisfied with the taste of Dhamma; Having drunk the supreme essence, I will not make friends with poison. … Elder Bandhura…. 4. Elder Khitaka Stanzas 104. ‘‘Light indeed is my body, Pervaded by abundant joy and happiness; Like cotton blown by the wind, My body seems to float.’’ … Elder Khitaka … 5. The Stanzas of Elder Malitavambha 105. ‘‘Even if discontent, one should not stay, Even if delighted, one should depart; But never in what is harmful, Should the wise one dwell.’’ … Elder Malitavambha … 6. The Stanzas of Elder Suhemanta 106. ‘‘Of a thing with a hundred aspects, Possessing a hundred characteristics; One who sees only one part is foolish, But one who sees a hundred is wise.’’ … Elder Suhemanta … 7. The Stanzas of Elder Dhammasava 107. ‘‘Having weighed it, I went forth, From home to homelessness; The three knowledges have been attained, The Buddha's teaching has been done.’’ … Elder Dhammasava … 8. The Stanzas of Elder Dhammasava's Father 108. ‘‘He, a hundred and twenty years old, Went forth to homelessness; The three knowledges have been attained, The Buddha's teaching has been done.’’ … Elder Dhammasava's Father … 9. The Stanzas of Elder Saṅgharakkhita 109. ‘‘Surely this one, not compassionate for the highest good, Secluded, does not reflect on the teaching; Thus he lives with uncontrolled senses, Like a young deer in the forest.’’ … Elder Saṅgharakkhita … 10. The Stanzas of Elder Usabha 110. ‘‘Mountains, well-grown on their peaks, Watered by fresh rain clouds; For one who desires solitude, mindful of the forest, They generate even more beauty for Usabha.’’ … Elder Usabha … The Eleventh Chapter is finished. Its Summary – Belaṭṭhānika, Setuccha, Bandhura, Khitaka the sage; Malitavambha, Suhemanta, Dhammasava, Dhammasava's father; And Elder Saṅgharakkhita, and Usabha the great sage. 12. The Twelfth Chapter 1. The Stanzas of Elder Jenta 111. ‘‘Difficult indeed is going forth, hard to dwell in a home; The Dhamma is profound, hard to attain are possessions; Our livelihood is difficult, not just by any means; It is fitting to constantly contemplate impermanence.’’ … Elder Jenta … 2. The Stanzas of Elder Vacchagotta 112. ‘‘I am one with the three knowledges, a great meditator, Skilled in the calming of the mind; Always... the goal has been reached by me, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled. … The Elder Vacchagotta …. 3. The Verses of the Elder Vanavaccha 113. With clear waters, broad rocks, teeming with monkeys and deer; covered with water-moss, those mountains delight me. … The Elder Vanavaccha …. 4. The Verses of the Elder Adhimutta 114. Heavy with bodily defilements, while life is wasting away; for one greedy for bodily pleasure, whence the virtue of a recluse? … The Elder Adhimutta …. 5. The Verses of the Elder Mahānāma 115. You are carried away by this mountain, with many kutaja and sallaki trees; by the hunter's mountain, with glorious adornment. … The Elder Mahānāma …. 6. The Verses of the Elder Pārāpariya 116. Having abandoned the six sense-spheres, with guarded doors, well restrained; having vomited out the root of evil, the destruction of defilements has been attained by me. … The Elder Pārāpariya …. 7. The Verses of the Elder Yasa 117. Well-anointed, well-clothed, adorned with all ornaments; I have attained the three knowledges, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled. … The Elder Yasa …. 8. The Verses of the Elder Kimila 118. It falls away as if cursed, age, form, as if another, though it is the same; though it is the same, not departing, I remember myself as another. … The Elder Kimila …. 9. The Verses of the Elder Vajjiputta 119. Having entered the dense root of a tree, having placed Nibbana in the heart; Meditate, Gotama, and do not be heedless, what will your chatter do? … The Elder Vajjiputta …. 10. The Verses of the Elder Isidatta 120. The five aggregates are fully understood, they stand with roots cut off; the destruction of suffering has been attained, the destruction of defilements has been attained by me. … The Elder Isidatta …. The twelfth chapter is finished. Its summary – Jenta and Vacchagotta, and Vaccha called Vanavaccha; Adhimutta, Mahānāma, Pārāpariya, and Yasa; Kimila, Vajjiputta, and Isidatta, the greatly famous. The Book of Ones Finished. Therein is the summary: One hundred and twenty elders, Their task accomplished, taintless; In the Eka Nipāta itself, Well-compiled by the great sages.