{"id":"thig14.1","title":"Subhā of Jīvaka’s Mango Grove","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig14.1","title":"Subhā of Jīvaka’s Mango Grove","units":[{"id":"thig14.1:0","sourceIds":["thig14.1:0.1","thig14.1:0.2","thig14.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 14.1\nTiṁsanipāta\nSubhājīvakambavanikātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 14.1\nThe Book of the Thirties\nSubhā of Jīvaka’s Mango Grove"}},{"id":"thig14.1:1","sourceIds":["thig14.1:1.1","thig14.1:1.2","thig14.1:1.3","thig14.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Jīvakambavanaṁ rammaṁ,\nGacchantiṁ bhikkhuniṁ subhaṁ;\nDhuttako sannivāresi,\nTamenaṁ abravī subhā.","en":"Going to the lovely mango grove\nof Jīvaka, the nun Subhā\nwas held up by a rascal.\nSubhā said this to him:"}},{"id":"thig14.1:2","sourceIds":["thig14.1:2.1","thig14.1:2.2","thig14.1:2.3","thig14.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ te aparādhitaṁ mayā,\nYaṁ maṁ ovariyāna tiṭṭhasi;\nNa hi pabbajitāya āvuso,\nPuriso samphusanāya kappati.","en":"“What harm have I done to you,\nthat you stand in my way?\nRespectable sir, it’s not proper that a man\nshould touch a woman gone forth."}},{"id":"thig14.1:3","sourceIds":["thig14.1:3.1","thig14.1:3.2","thig14.1:3.3","thig14.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Garuke mama satthusāsane,\nYā sikkhā sugatena desitā;\nParisuddhapadaṁ anaṅgaṇaṁ,\nKiṁ maṁ ovariyāna tiṭṭhasi.","en":"This training was taught by the Holy One,\nit is a serious matter in my teacher’s instructions.\nI am pure and rid of blemishes,\nso why do you stand in my way?"}},{"id":"thig14.1:4","sourceIds":["thig14.1:4.1","thig14.1:4.2","thig14.1:4.3","thig14.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Āvilacitto anāvilaṁ,\nSarajo vītarajaṁ anaṅgaṇaṁ;\nSabbattha vimuttamānasaṁ,\nKiṁ maṁ ovariyāna tiṭṭhasi”.","en":"One whose mind is clouded against one unclouded;\none who is lustful against one free of lust;\nunblemished, my heart is freed in every respect,\nso why do you stand in my way?”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:5","sourceIds":["thig14.1:5.1","thig14.1:5.2","thig14.1:5.3","thig14.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Daharā ca apāpikā casi,\nKiṁ te pabbajjā karissati;\nNikkhipa kāsāyacīvaraṁ,\nEhi ramāma supupphite vane.","en":"“You’re young and flawless—\nwhat will going-forth do for you?\nThrow away the ocher robe,\ncome and play in the blossom grove."}},{"id":"thig14.1:6","sourceIds":["thig14.1:6.1","thig14.1:6.2","thig14.1:6.3","thig14.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Madhurañca pavanti sabbaso,\nKusumarajena samuṭṭhitā dumā;\nPaṭhamavasanto sukho utu,\nEhi ramāma supupphite vane.","en":"Everywhere, the scent of pollen wafts sweet,\nborn of the flowering woods.\nThe start of spring is a happy time—\ncome and play in the blossom grove."}},{"id":"thig14.1:7","sourceIds":["thig14.1:7.1","thig14.1:7.2","thig14.1:7.3","thig14.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kusumitasikharā ca pādapā,\nAbhigajjantiva māluteritā;\nKā tuyhaṁ rati bhavissati,\nYadi ekā vanamogahissasi.","en":"And trees crested with flowers\ncry out, as it were, in the gale.\nBut what kind of fun will you have\nif you plunge into the woods all alone?"}},{"id":"thig14.1:8","sourceIds":["thig14.1:8.1","thig14.1:8.2","thig14.1:8.3","thig14.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vāḷamigasaṅghasevitaṁ,\nKuñjaramattakareṇuloḷitaṁ;\nAsahāyikā gantumicchasi,\nRahitaṁ bhiṁsanakaṁ mahāvanaṁ.","en":"Frequented by packs of predators,\nand cow elephants aroused by rutting bulls;\nyou wish to go without a friend\nto the deserted, awe-inspiring forest."}},{"id":"thig14.1:9","sourceIds":["thig14.1:9.1","thig14.1:9.2","thig14.1:9.3","thig14.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tapanīyakatāva dhītikā,\nVicarasi cittalateva accharā;\nKāsikasukhumehi vaggubhi,\nSobhasī suvasanehi nūpame.","en":"Like a doll made of glittering gold,\nlike a nymph wandering the park of bright vines,\nyour matchless beauty will shine\nin graceful clothes of delicate Kāsian cloth."}},{"id":"thig14.1:10","sourceIds":["thig14.1:10.1","thig14.1:10.2","thig14.1:10.3","thig14.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahaṁ tava vasānugo siyaṁ,\nYadi viharemase kānanantare;\nNa hi matthi tayā piyattaro,\nPāṇo kinnarimandalocane.","en":"I’ll be under your sway,\nif we are to stay in the forest.\nI love no creature more than you,\nO pixie with such captivating eyes."}},{"id":"thig14.1:11","sourceIds":["thig14.1:11.1","thig14.1:11.2","thig14.1:11.3","thig14.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yadi me vacanaṁ karissasi,\nSukhitā ehi agāramāvasa;\nPāsādanivātavāsinī,\nParikammaṁ te karontu nāriyo.","en":"Were you to take up my invitation—\n‘Come, be happy, and live in a house’—\nyou’ll stay in a longhouse sheltered from wind;\nlet the ladies look to your needs."}},{"id":"thig14.1:12","sourceIds":["thig14.1:12.1","thig14.1:12.2","thig14.1:12.3","thig14.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāsikasukhumāni dhāraya,\nAbhiropehi ca mālavaṇṇakaṁ;\nKañcanamaṇimuttakaṁ bahuṁ,\nVividhaṁ ābharaṇaṁ karomi te.","en":"Dressed in delicate Kāsian cloth,\nput on your garlands and your cosmetics.\nI’ll make all sorts of adornments for you,\nof lustrous gold and gems and pearls."}},{"id":"thig14.1:13","sourceIds":["thig14.1:13.1","thig14.1:13.2","thig14.1:13.3","thig14.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sudhotarajapacchadaṁ subhaṁ,\nGonakatūlikasanthataṁ navaṁ;\nAbhiruha sayanaṁ mahārahaṁ,\nCandanamaṇḍitasāragandhikaṁ.","en":"Climb onto a costly bed,\nits coverlet so clean and nice,\nwith a new woolen mattress,\nso fragrant, sprinkled with sandalwood."}},{"id":"thig14.1:14","sourceIds":["thig14.1:14.1","thig14.1:14.2","thig14.1:14.3","thig14.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uppalaṁ cudakā samuggataṁ,\nYathā taṁ amanussasevitaṁ;\nEvaṁ tvaṁ brahmacārinī,\nSakesaṅgesu jaraṁ gamissasi”.","en":"As a blue lily risen from the water\nremains untouched by men,\nso too, O chaste and holy lady,\nyour limbs grow old unshared.”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:15","sourceIds":["thig14.1:15.1","thig14.1:15.2","thig14.1:15.3","thig14.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kiṁ te idha sārasammataṁ,\nKuṇapapūramhi susānavaḍḍhane;\nBhedanadhamme kaḷevare,\nYaṁ disvā vimano udikkhasi”.","en":"“This carcass is full of putrefaction, it swells\nthe charnel ground, for its nature is to fall apart.\nWhat do you think is so essential in it\nthat you stare at me so crazily?”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:16","sourceIds":["thig14.1:16.1","thig14.1:16.2","thig14.1:16.3","thig14.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Akkhīni ca tūriyāriva,\nKinnariyāriva pabbatantare;\nTava me nayanāni dakkhiya,\nBhiyyo kāmaratī pavaḍḍhati.","en":"“Your eyes are like those of a doe,\nor a pixie in the mountains;\nseeing them, erotic delight\nswells in me all the more."}},{"id":"thig14.1:17","sourceIds":["thig14.1:17.1","thig14.1:17.2","thig14.1:17.3","thig14.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uppalasikharopamāni te,\nVimale hāṭakasannibhe mukhe;\nTava me nayanāni dakkhiya,\nBhiyyo kāmaguṇo pavaḍḍhati.","en":"Your eyes are like a blue lily’s bud\nin your flawless face shining like coruscant gold.\nSeeing them, sensual excitement\nswells in me all the more."}},{"id":"thig14.1:18","sourceIds":["thig14.1:18.1","thig14.1:18.2","thig14.1:18.3","thig14.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Api dūragatā saramhase,\nĀyatapamhe visuddhadassane;\nNa hi matthi tayā piyattaro,\nNayanā kinnarimandalocane”.","en":"Though you may wander far, I’ll still think of you,\nwith lashes so long and eyes so bright.\nI love no eyes more than yours,\nO pixie with such bashful eyes.”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:19","sourceIds":["thig14.1:19.1","thig14.1:19.2","thig14.1:19.3","thig14.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Apathena payātumicchasi,\nCandaṁ kīḷanakaṁ gavesasi;\nMeruṁ laṅghetumicchasi,\nYo tvaṁ buddhasutaṁ maggayasi.","en":"“You’re setting out on the wrong road!\nYou’re looking to take the moon for your toy!\nYou’re trying to leap over Mount Meru!\nYou, who are hunting a child of the Buddha!"}},{"id":"thig14.1:20","sourceIds":["thig14.1:20.1","thig14.1:20.2","thig14.1:20.3","thig14.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Natthi hi loke sadevake,\nRāgo yatthapi dāni me siyā;\nNapi naṁ jānāmi kīriso,\nAtha maggena hato samūlako.","en":"For in this world with all its gods,\nthere will be no more lust anywhere in me.\nI don’t even know what kind it could be,\nit’s been smashed root and all by the path."}},{"id":"thig14.1:21","sourceIds":["thig14.1:21.1","thig14.1:21.2","thig14.1:21.3","thig14.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iṅgālakuyāva ujjhito,\nVisapattoriva aggito kato;\nNapi naṁ passāmi kīriso,\nAtha maggena hato samūlako.","en":"Cast out like sparks from fiery coals,\nit’s worth no more than a bowl of poison.\nI don’t even see what kind it could be,\nit’s been smashed root and all by the path."}},{"id":"thig14.1:22","sourceIds":["thig14.1:22.1","thig14.1:22.2","thig14.1:22.3","thig14.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassā siyā apaccavekkhitaṁ,\nSatthā vā anupāsito siyā;\nTvaṁ tādisikaṁ palobhaya,\nJānantiṁ so imaṁ vihaññasi.","en":"Well may you try to seduce the type of lady\nwho has not reflected on these things,\nor who has never attended the Teacher:\nbut this is a lady who knows—now you’re in trouble!"}},{"id":"thig14.1:23","sourceIds":["thig14.1:23.1","thig14.1:23.2","thig14.1:23.3","thig14.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mayhañhi akkuṭṭhavandite,\nSukhadukkhe ca satī upaṭṭhitā;\nSaṅkhatamasubhanti jāniya,\nSabbattheva mano na limpati.","en":"No matter if I am reviled or praised,\nor feel pleasure or pain: I stay mindful.\nKnowing that conditions are ugly,\nmy mind clings to nothing."}},{"id":"thig14.1:24","sourceIds":["thig14.1:24.1","thig14.1:24.2","thig14.1:24.3","thig14.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāhaṁ sugatassa sāvikā,\nMaggaṭṭhaṅgikayānayāyinī;\nUddhaṭasallā anāsavā,\nSuññāgāragatā ramāmahaṁ.","en":"I am a disciple of the Holy One,\nriding in the carriage of the eightfold path.\nThe dart pulled out, free of defilements,\nI’m happy to have reached an empty place."}},{"id":"thig14.1:25","sourceIds":["thig14.1:25.1","thig14.1:25.2","thig14.1:25.3","thig14.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Diṭṭhā hi mayā sucittitā,\nSombhā dārukapillakāni vā;\nTantīhi ca khīlakehi ca,\nVinibaddhā vividhaṁ panaccakā.","en":"I’ve seen brightly painted\ndolls and wooden puppets,\ntied to sticks and strings,\nand made to dance in many ways."}},{"id":"thig14.1:26","sourceIds":["thig14.1:26.1","thig14.1:26.2","thig14.1:26.3","thig14.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tamhuddhaṭe tantikhīlake,\nVissaṭṭhe vikale parikrite;\nNa vindeyya khaṇḍaso kate,\nKimhi tattha manaṁ nivesaye.","en":"But when the sticks and strings are taken off—\nloosed, disassembled, dismantled,\nirrecoverable, stripped to parts—\non what could the mind be fixed?"}},{"id":"thig14.1:27","sourceIds":["thig14.1:27.1","thig14.1:27.2","thig14.1:27.3","thig14.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tathūpamā dehakāni maṁ,\nTehi dhammehi vinā na vattanti;\nDhammehi vinā na vattati,\nKimhi tattha manaṁ nivesaye.","en":"That’s what my body is really like,\nwithout those things it can’t go on.\nThis being so,\non what could the mind be fixed?"}},{"id":"thig14.1:28","sourceIds":["thig14.1:28.1","thig14.1:28.2","thig14.1:28.3","thig14.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathā haritālena makkhitaṁ,\nAddasa cittikaṁ bhittiyā kataṁ;\nTamhi te viparītadassanaṁ,\nSaññā mānusikā niratthikā.","en":"It’s like when you saw a mural made\nby painting yellow orpiment on a wall,\nand your vision was deceived by that—\nthe perception ‘human’ is pointless."}},{"id":"thig14.1:29","sourceIds":["thig14.1:29.1","thig14.1:29.2","thig14.1:29.3","thig14.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Māyaṁ viya aggato kataṁ,\nSupinanteva suvaṇṇapādapaṁ;\nUpagacchasi andha rittakaṁ,\nJanamajjheriva rupparūpakaṁ.","en":"Like an illusion cast before you,\nor a golden tree in a dream,\nyou chase what is hollow, blind one,\nlike a painted doll among the people."}},{"id":"thig14.1:30","sourceIds":["thig14.1:30.1","thig14.1:30.2","thig14.1:30.3","thig14.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vaṭṭaniriva koṭarohitā,\nMajjhe pubbuḷakā saassukā;\nPīḷakoḷikā cettha jāyati,\nVividhā cakkhuvidhā ca piṇḍitā”.","en":"Like a ball in a socket,\nwith a pupil in the middle, and tears,\nand mucus comes from there as well,\ndifferent eye-parts are lumped together.”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:31","sourceIds":["thig14.1:31.1","thig14.1:31.2","thig14.1:31.3","thig14.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uppāṭiya cārudassanā,\nNa ca pajjittha asaṅgamānasā;\n“Handa te cakkhuṁ harassu taṁ”,\nTassa narassa adāsi tāvade.","en":"Having plucked it out, the fair-eyed lady\nwas undismayed, unchained in mind.\n“Come now, take this eye,”\nshe said, and gave it to the man right then."}},{"id":"thig14.1:32","sourceIds":["thig14.1:32.1","thig14.1:32.2","thig14.1:32.3","thig14.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa ca viramāsi tāvade,\nRāgo tattha khamāpayī ca naṁ;\n“Sotthi siyā brahmacārinī,\nNa puno edisakaṁ bhavissati”.","en":"And right then he lost his lust,\nand asked for her forgiveness:\n“May you be well, O chaste and holy lady;\nsuch a thing will not happen again."}},{"id":"thig14.1:33","sourceIds":["thig14.1:33.1","thig14.1:33.2","thig14.1:33.3","thig14.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Āsādiya edisaṁ janaṁ,\nAggiṁ pajjalitaṁva liṅgiya;\nGaṇhiya āsīvisaṁ viya,\nApi nu sotthi siyā khamehi no”.","en":"Attacking a person such as this\nis like holding on to a blazing fire,\nor grabbing a deadly viper!\nMay you be well, please forgive me.”"}},{"id":"thig14.1:34","sourceIds":["thig14.1:34.1","thig14.1:34.2","thig14.1:34.3","thig14.1:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Muttā ca tato sā bhikkhunī,\nAgamī buddhavarassa santikaṁ;\nPassiya varapuññalakkhaṇaṁ,\nCakkhu āsi yathā purāṇakanti.","en":"When that nun was released\nshe went to the presence of the excellent Buddha.\nSeeing the one with excellent marks of merit,\nher eye became just as it was before."}},{"id":"thig14.1:35","sourceIds":["thig14.1:35.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Subhā jīvakambavanikā therī …."}},{"id":"thig14.1:36","sourceIds":["thig14.1:36.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṁsanipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig14.1/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."}