{"id":"thig13.5","title":"Subhā, the Smith’s Daughter","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig13.5","title":"Subhā, the Smith’s Daughter","units":[{"id":"thig13.5:0","sourceIds":["thig13.5:0.1","thig13.5:0.2","thig13.5:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 13.5\nVīsatinipāta\nSubhākammāradhītutherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 13.5\nThe Book of the Twenties\nSubhā, the Smith’s Daughter"}},{"id":"thig13.5:1","sourceIds":["thig13.5:1.1","thig13.5:1.2","thig13.5:1.3","thig13.5:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Daharāhaṁ suddhavasanā,\nyaṁ pure dhammamassuṇiṁ;\nTassā me appamattāya,\nsaccābhisamayo ahu.","en":"“I was so young, my clothes so fresh,\nat that time I heard the teaching.\nBeing diligent,\nI comprehended the truth;"}},{"id":"thig13.5:2","sourceIds":["thig13.5:2.1","thig13.5:2.2","thig13.5:2.3","thig13.5:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tatohaṁ sabbakāmesu,\nbhusaṁ aratimajjhagaṁ;\nSakkāyasmiṁ bhayaṁ disvā,\nnekkhammameva pīhaye.","en":"and then I became profoundly dispassionate\ntoward all sensual pleasures.\nSeeing fear in substantial reality,\nI longed for renunciation."}},{"id":"thig13.5:3","sourceIds":["thig13.5:3.1","thig13.5:3.2","thig13.5:3.3","thig13.5:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Hitvānahaṁ ñātigaṇaṁ,\ndāsakammakarāni ca;\nGāmakhettāni phītāni,\nramaṇīye pamodite.","en":"Giving up my family circle,\nbonded servants and workers,\nand my flourishing village fields,\nso delightful and pleasant,"}},{"id":"thig13.5:4","sourceIds":["thig13.5:4.1","thig13.5:4.2","thig13.5:4.3","thig13.5:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pahāyahaṁ pabbajitā,\nsāpateyyamanappakaṁ;\nEvaṁ saddhāya nikkhamma,\nsaddhamme suppavedite.","en":"I went forth;\nall that is no small wealth.\nNow that I’ve renounced in faith like this,\nin the true teaching so well proclaimed,"}},{"id":"thig13.5:5","sourceIds":["thig13.5:5.1","thig13.5:5.2","thig13.5:5.3","thig13.5:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Netaṁ assa patirūpaṁ,\nĀkiñcaññañhi patthaye;\nYo jātarūpaṁ rajataṁ,\nChaḍḍetvā punarāgame.","en":"since I desire to have nothing,\nit would not be appropriate\nto take back gold and currency,\nhaving already got rid of them."}},{"id":"thig13.5:6","sourceIds":["thig13.5:6.1","thig13.5:6.2","thig13.5:6.3","thig13.5:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rajataṁ jātarūpaṁ vā,\nna bodhāya na santiyā;\nNetaṁ samaṇasāruppaṁ,\nna etaṁ ariyaddhanaṁ.","en":"Currency or gold\ndoesn’t lead to peace and awakening.\nIt doesn’t befit an ascetic;\nit’s not the wealth of the noble ones;"}},{"id":"thig13.5:7","sourceIds":["thig13.5:7.1","thig13.5:7.2","thig13.5:7.3","thig13.5:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Lobhanaṁ madanañcetaṁ,\nmohanaṁ rajavaḍḍhanaṁ;\nSāsaṅkaṁ bahuāyāsaṁ,\nnatthi cettha dhuvaṁ ṭhiti.","en":"it’s greed and vanity,\nconfusion and growing decadence,\ndubious and troublesome—\nthere is nothing lasting there."}},{"id":"thig13.5:8","sourceIds":["thig13.5:8.1","thig13.5:8.2","thig13.5:8.3","thig13.5:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ettha rattā pamattā ca,\nsaṅkiliṭṭhamanā narā;\nAññamaññena byāruddhā,\nputhu kubbanti medhagaṁ.","en":"Depraved and heedless,\nunenlightened folk, their hearts corrupt,\nfight each other,\ncreating conflict."}},{"id":"thig13.5:9","sourceIds":["thig13.5:9.1","thig13.5:9.2","thig13.5:9.3","thig13.5:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vadho bandho parikleso,\njāni sokapariddavo;\nKāmesu adhipannānaṁ,\ndissate byasanaṁ bahuṁ.","en":"Killing, caging, misery,\nloss, grief, and lamentation;\nthose sunk in sensual pleasures\nsee many disastrous things."}},{"id":"thig13.5:10","sourceIds":["thig13.5:10.1","thig13.5:10.2","thig13.5:10.3","thig13.5:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ maṁ ñātī amittāva,\nkiṁ vo kāmesu yuñjatha;\nJānātha maṁ pabbajitaṁ,\nkāmesu bhayadassiniṁ.","en":"My family, why do you urge me on\nto pleasures, as if you were my enemies?\nYou know I’ve gone forth,\nseeing fear in sensual pleasures."}},{"id":"thig13.5:11","sourceIds":["thig13.5:11.1","thig13.5:11.2","thig13.5:11.3","thig13.5:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na hiraññasuvaṇṇena,\nparikkhīyanti āsavā;\nAmittā vadhakā kāmā,\nsapattā sallabandhanā.","en":"It’s not due to gold, coined or uncoined,\nthat defilements come to an end.\nSensual pleasures are enemies and killers,\nhostile forces that bind you to thorns."}},{"id":"thig13.5:12","sourceIds":["thig13.5:12.1","thig13.5:12.2","thig13.5:12.3","thig13.5:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ maṁ ñātī amittāva,\nkiṁ vo kāmesu yuñjatha;\nJānātha maṁ pabbajitaṁ,\nmuṇḍaṁ saṅghāṭipārutaṁ.","en":"My family, why do you urge me on\nto pleasures, as if you were my enemies?\nYou know I’ve gone forth,\nshaven, wrapped in my outer robe."}},{"id":"thig13.5:13","sourceIds":["thig13.5:13.1","thig13.5:13.2","thig13.5:13.3","thig13.5:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uttiṭṭhapiṇḍo uñcho ca,\npaṁsukūlañca cīvaraṁ;\nEtaṁ kho mama sāruppaṁ,\nanagārūpanissayo.","en":"Leftovers as gleanings,\nand cast-off rags as robes—\nthat’s what’s fitting for me,\nthe essentials of the homeless life."}},{"id":"thig13.5:14","sourceIds":["thig13.5:14.1","thig13.5:14.2","thig13.5:14.3","thig13.5:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vantā mahesīhi kāmā,\nye dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nKhemaṭṭhāne vimuttā te,\npattā te acalaṁ sukhaṁ.","en":"Great seers expel sensual pleasures,\nboth human and heavenly.\nSafe in their sanctuary, they are freed,\nhaving found unshakable happiness."}},{"id":"thig13.5:15","sourceIds":["thig13.5:15.1","thig13.5:15.2","thig13.5:15.3","thig13.5:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māhaṁ kāmehi saṅgacchiṁ,\nyesu tāṇaṁ na vijjati;\nAmittā vadhakā kāmā,\naggikkhandhūpamā dukhā.","en":"May I not encounter sensual pleasures,\nfor no shelter is found in them.\nSensual pleasures are enemies and killers,\nas painful as a mass of fire."}},{"id":"thig13.5:16","sourceIds":["thig13.5:16.1","thig13.5:16.2","thig13.5:16.3","thig13.5:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Paripantho esa bhayo,\nsavighāto sakaṇṭako;\nGedho suvisamo ceso,\nmahanto mohanāmukho.","en":"This is a roadblock, a threat,\nfull of distress and thorns;\nit is a blind spot, uneven,\na great gateway to confusion."}},{"id":"thig13.5:17","sourceIds":["thig13.5:17.1","thig13.5:17.2","thig13.5:17.3","thig13.5:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upasaggo bhīmarūpo,\nkāmā sappasirūpamā;\nYe bālā abhinandanti,\nandhabhūtā puthujjanā.","en":"Hazardous and terrifying,\nsensual pleasures are like a cobra’s head,\nwhere fools delight,\nthe blind ordinary folk."}},{"id":"thig13.5:18","sourceIds":["thig13.5:18.1","thig13.5:18.2","thig13.5:18.3","thig13.5:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmapaṅkena sattā hi,\nbahū loke aviddasū;\nPariyantaṁ na jānanti,\njātiyā maraṇassa ca.","en":"Stuck in the swamp of sensuality,\nthere are so many ignorant in the world.\nThey know nothing of the end\nof rebirth and death."}},{"id":"thig13.5:19","sourceIds":["thig13.5:19.1","thig13.5:19.2","thig13.5:19.3","thig13.5:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Duggatigamanaṁ maggaṁ,\nmanussā kāmahetukaṁ;\nBahuṁ ve paṭipajjanti,\nattano rogamāvahaṁ.","en":"Because of sensual pleasures,\npeople jump right on to the path that goes to a bad place.\nSo many walk the path\nthat brings disease onto themselves."}},{"id":"thig13.5:20","sourceIds":["thig13.5:20.1","thig13.5:20.2","thig13.5:20.3","thig13.5:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ amittajananā,\ntāpanā saṅkilesikā;\nLokāmisā bandhanīyā,\nkāmā maraṇabandhanā.","en":"That’s how sensual pleasures create enemies;\nthey are so tormenting, so corrupting,\ntrapping beings with worldly pleasures of the flesh,\nthey are nothing less than the bonds of death."}},{"id":"thig13.5:21","sourceIds":["thig13.5:21.1","thig13.5:21.2","thig13.5:21.3","thig13.5:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ummādanā ullapanā,\nkāmā cittappamaddino;\nSattānaṁ saṅkilesāya,\nkhippaṁ mārena oḍḍitaṁ.","en":"Maddening, enticing,\nsensual pleasures derange the mind.\nFor the corruption of beings,\nswiftly ensnared by Māra."}},{"id":"thig13.5:22","sourceIds":["thig13.5:22.1","thig13.5:22.2","thig13.5:22.3","thig13.5:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anantādīnavā kāmā,\nbahudukkhā mahāvisā;\nAppassādā raṇakarā,\nsukkapakkhavisosanā.","en":"Sensual pleasures are infinitely dangerous,\nthey’re full of suffering, a terrible poison;\noffering little gratification, they’re makers of strife,\nwithering bright qualities away."}},{"id":"thig13.5:23","sourceIds":["thig13.5:23.1","thig13.5:23.2","thig13.5:23.3","thig13.5:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāhaṁ etādisaṁ katvā,\nbyasanaṁ kāmahetukaṁ;\nNa taṁ paccāgamissāmi,\nnibbānābhiratā sadā.","en":"Since I’ve created so much ruination\nbecause of sensual pleasures,\nI will not relapse to them again,\nbut will always delight in extinguishment."}},{"id":"thig13.5:24","sourceIds":["thig13.5:24.1","thig13.5:24.2","thig13.5:24.3","thig13.5:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Raṇaṁ karitvā kāmānaṁ,\nsītibhāvābhikaṅkhinī;\nAppamattā vihassāmi,\nsabbasaṁyojanakkhaye.","en":"Having once made strife for the sake of sensual pleasures,\nnow I am longing for that cool state.\nI shall meditate diligently\nfor the ending of all fetters."}},{"id":"thig13.5:25","sourceIds":["thig13.5:25.1","thig13.5:25.2","thig13.5:25.3","thig13.5:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asokaṁ virajaṁ khemaṁ,\nariyaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ ujuṁ;\nTaṁ maggaṁ anugacchāmi,\nyena tiṇṇā mahesino”.","en":"Sorrowless, stainless, secure—\nI follow that path,\nthe straight noble eightfold way\nby which the seers have crossed over.”"}},{"id":"thig13.5:26","sourceIds":["thig13.5:26.1","thig13.5:26.2","thig13.5:26.3","thig13.5:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Imaṁ passatha dhammaṭṭhaṁ,\nsubhaṁ kammāradhītaraṁ;\nAnejaṁ upasampajja,\nrukkhamūlamhi jhāyati.","en":"“Look at this: Subhā the smith’s daughter,\nstanding firm in the teaching.\nShe has entered the imperturbable state,\nmeditating at the root of a tree."}},{"id":"thig13.5:27","sourceIds":["thig13.5:27.1","thig13.5:27.2","thig13.5:27.3","thig13.5:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjaṭṭhamī pabbajitā,\nsaddhā saddhammasobhanā;\nVinītuppalavaṇṇāya,\ntevijjā maccuhāyinī.","en":"It’s just eight days since she went forth,\nthe faithful one, grace of the true teaching.\nGuided by Uppalavaṇṇā,\nshe is master of the three knowledges, conqueror of death."}},{"id":"thig13.5:28","sourceIds":["thig13.5:28.1","thig13.5:28.2","thig13.5:28.3","thig13.5:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāyaṁ bhujissā anaṇā,\nbhikkhunī bhāvitindriyā;\nSabbayogavisaṁyuttā,\nkatakiccā anāsavā”.","en":"This one is freed from slavery and debt,\na nun with faculties developed.\nUnyoked from all yokes,\nshe has completed the task and is free of defilements.”"}},{"id":"thig13.5:29","sourceIds":["thig13.5:29.1","thig13.5:29.2","thig13.5:29.3","thig13.5:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ sakko devasaṅghena,\nupasaṅkamma iddhiyā;\nNamassati bhūtapati,\nsubhaṁ kammāradhītaranti.","en":"Thus did Sakka, lord of all creatures,\nalong with a host of gods,\nhaving come by their psychic powers,\nhonor Subhā, the smith’s daughter."}},{"id":"thig13.5:30","sourceIds":["thig13.5:30.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Subhā kammāradhītā therī …."}},{"id":"thig13.5:31","sourceIds":["thig13.5:31.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vīsatinipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig13.5/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}