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# Thag 2:27 · Nandaka
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-2-27/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:56:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:58:52.000Z
- Description: Theragāthā · Thag 2:27. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Just as a fine thoroughbred steed

stumbling, regains its stance,

feeling all the more urgency,

& draws its burden

undaunted.

In the same way, remember me:

consummate in vision,

a disciple of the Rightly

Self-awakened One,

the Awakened One’s thoroughbred child,

his son.

See also: [MN 146](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-146/)

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