> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Thig 5:6 · Mittakālī
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thig-5-6/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:11:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:53:43.000Z
- Description: Therīgāthā · Thig 5:6. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Nuns, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Therīgāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

Going forth through conviction

from home into homelessness,

I wandered this place & that,

greedy for tribute & gains.

Missing out on the foremost goal,

I pursued a lowly one.

Under the sway of defilements,

I didn’t awaken[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig5%5F6.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) to the goal

of the contemplative life.

Then, sitting in my dwelling,

I suddenly came to my senses:

*I’m following a miserable path.*

*I’m under the sway of*

*craving.*

*Next to nothing, my life,*

*crushed*

*by aging & illness.*

*Before the body breaks apart,*

*I have no time*

*for heedlessness.*

After watching, as it actually was,

the arising-disbanding of aggregates,

I stood up with mind released,

the Awakened One’s bidding

done.

Note

1\. Reading *na bujjhi’ham* with the Burmese and Sinhalese editions.

See also: [MN 29–30](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/mn-29/); [SN 17:3](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-17-3/); [SN 17:5](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-17-5/); [SN 17:8](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/sn-17-8/)

---

*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig5%5F6.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*