20. Attanà coday' attànam
pañimàse attam attanà 16
So attagutto satimà
sukham bhikkhu vihàhisi. 379.
21. Attà hi attano nàtho
attà hi attano gati
Tasmà saññamay' attànam
assam bhadram' va vàuijo. 380.

HE WHO GUARDS HIMSELF LIVES HAPPILY

20. By self do you censure yourself. By self do you examine yourself. Self-guarded and mindful, O bhikkhu, you will live happily. 379.

YOU ARE YOUR OWN SAVIOUR

21. Self, indeed, is the protector of self. Self, indeed, is one's refuge. Control, therefore, your own self as a merchant controls a noble steed. 380.

Story

A poor ploughman who had for his only possessions his loin cloth and his plough became a monk. Several times he thought of leaving the robe, but finally, taking for his object of meditation his loin cloth and plough which he had preserved, he attained Arahantship. Commenting on his success, the Buddha uttered these verses.
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