Theragāthā — Versos dos Monges Anciãos — 5.1 — Rājadatta

1I, a monk, went to a charnel ground
and saw a woman’s body abandoned there,
dumped in a cemetery,
full of worms that devoured.

2Some men were disgusted,
seeing her dead and rotten;
but sexual desire arose in me,
I was as if blind to her oozing body.

3Quicker than the cooking of rice
I left that place!
Mindful and aware,
I retired to a discreet place.

4Then the realization
came upon me—
the danger became clear,
and I was firmly disillusioned.

5Then my mind was freed—
behold the clear rightness of the teaching!
I’ve attained the three knowledges
and fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions.