{"id":"thig16.1","title":"Sumedhā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig16.1","title":"Sumedhā","units":[{"id":"thig16.1:0","sourceIds":["thig16.1:0.1","thig16.1:0.2","thig16.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 16.1\nMahānipāta\nSumedhātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 16.1\nThe Great Book\nSumedhā"}},{"id":"thig16.1:1","sourceIds":["thig16.1:1.1","thig16.1:1.2","thig16.1:1.3","thig16.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mantāvatiyā nagare,\nRañño koñcassa aggamahesiyā;\nDhītā āsiṁ sumedhā,\nPasāditā sāsanakarehi.","en":"In Mantāvatī city, Sumedhā,\nthe daughter of King Koñca’s chief queen,\nwas converted by those\nwho practice the Buddha’s teaching."}},{"id":"thig16.1:2","sourceIds":["thig16.1:2.1","thig16.1:2.2","thig16.1:2.3","thig16.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sīlavatī cittakathā,\nBahussutā buddhasāsane vinitā;\nMātāpitaro upagamma,\nBhaṇati “ubhayo nisāmetha.","en":"She was virtuous, a brilliant speaker,\nlearned, and trained in the Buddha’s instructions.\nShe went up to her mother and father and said:\n“Pay heed, both of you!"}},{"id":"thig16.1:3","sourceIds":["thig16.1:3.1","thig16.1:3.2","thig16.1:3.3","thig16.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nibbānābhiratāhaṁ,\nAsassataṁ bhavagataṁ yadipi dibbaṁ;\nKimaṅgaṁ pana tucchā kāmā,\nAppassādā bahuvighātā.","en":"I delight in extinguishment!\nNo state of life is eternal, not even that of the gods;\nwhat then of sensual pleasures, so hollow,\noffering little gratification and much distress."}},{"id":"thig16.1:4","sourceIds":["thig16.1:4.1","thig16.1:4.2","thig16.1:4.3","thig16.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmā kaṭukā āsī,\nVisūpamā yesu mucchitā bālā;\nTe dīgharattaṁ niraye,\nSamappitā haññante dukkhitā.","en":"Sensual pleasures are bitter as the venom of a snake,\nyet fools are infatuated by them.\nSent to hell for a very long time,\nthey are beaten and tortured."}},{"id":"thig16.1:5","sourceIds":["thig16.1:5.1","thig16.1:5.2","thig16.1:5.3","thig16.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Socanti pāpakammā,\nVinipāte pāpavaddhino sadā;\nKāyena ca vācāya ca,\nManasā ca asaṁvutā bālā.","en":"Those who grow in wickedness\never lament in the underworld due to their own bad deeds.\nThey’re fools, unrestrained in body,\nmind, and speech."}},{"id":"thig16.1:6","sourceIds":["thig16.1:6.1","thig16.1:6.2","thig16.1:6.3","thig16.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bālā te duppaññā,\nAcetanā dukkhasamudayoruddhā;\nDesente ajānantā,\nNa bujjhare ariyasaccāni.","en":"Those witless, senseless fools,\ntrapped by the origin of suffering,\nare ignorant, not understanding the noble truths\nwhen they are being taught."}},{"id":"thig16.1:7","sourceIds":["thig16.1:7.1","thig16.1:7.2","thig16.1:7.3","thig16.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saccāni amma buddhavaradesitāni,\nTe bahutarā ajānantā ye;\nAbhinandanti bhavagataṁ,\nPihenti devesu upapattiṁ.","en":"Most people, mum, ignorant of the truths\ntaught by the excellent Buddha,\nlook forward to a state of life,\nlonging for rebirth among the gods."}},{"id":"thig16.1:8","sourceIds":["thig16.1:8.1","thig16.1:8.2","thig16.1:8.3","thig16.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Devesupi upapatti,\nAsassatā bhavagate aniccamhi;\nNa ca santasanti bālā,\nPunappunaṁ jāyitabbassa.","en":"Yet even rebirth among the gods\nin an impermanent state of life is not eternal.\nBut fools are not scared\nof being reborn time and again."}},{"id":"thig16.1:9","sourceIds":["thig16.1:9.1","thig16.1:9.2","thig16.1:9.3","thig16.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cattāro vinipātā,\nDuve ca gatiyo kathañci labbhanti;\nNa ca vinipātagatānaṁ,\nPabbajjā atthi nirayesu.","en":"Four lower realms and two other realms\nmay be gained somehow or other.\nBut for those who end up in a lower realm,\nthere is no way to go forth in the hells."}},{"id":"thig16.1:10","sourceIds":["thig16.1:10.1","thig16.1:10.2","thig16.1:10.3","thig16.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anujānātha maṁ ubhayo,\nPabbajituṁ dasabalassa pāvacane;\nAppossukkā ghaṭissaṁ,\nJātimaraṇappahānāya.","en":"May you both grant me permission to go forth\nin the dispensation of him of the ten powers.\nLiving at ease, I shall apply myself\nto giving up rebirth and death."}},{"id":"thig16.1:11","sourceIds":["thig16.1:11.1","thig16.1:11.2","thig16.1:11.3","thig16.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiṁ bhavagate abhinanditena,\nKāyakalinā asārena;\nBhavataṇhāya nirodhā,\nAnujānātha pabbajissāmi.","en":"Why look forward to a new state of life\nin this useless, insubstantial body?\nGrant me permission, I shall go forth\nto make an end of craving for a new life."}},{"id":"thig16.1:12","sourceIds":["thig16.1:12.1","thig16.1:12.2","thig16.1:12.3","thig16.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Buddhānaṁ uppādo vivajjito,\nAkkhaṇo khaṇo laddho;\nSīlāni brahmacariyaṁ,\nYāvajīvaṁ na dūseyyaṁ”.","en":"A Buddha has arisen, the time has come,\nthe unlucky moment has passed.\nAs long as I live I’ll never betray\nmy ethical precepts or my chaste path.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:13","sourceIds":["thig16.1:13.1","thig16.1:13.2","thig16.1:13.3","thig16.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ bhaṇati sumedhā,\nMātāpitaro “na tāva āhāraṁ;\nĀharissaṁ gahaṭṭhā,\nMaraṇavasaṁ gatāva hessāmi”.","en":"Then Sumedhā said to her parents:\n“So long as I remain a layperson,\nI’ll refuse to eat any food,\nuntil I’ve fallen under the sway of death.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:14","sourceIds":["thig16.1:14.1","thig16.1:14.2","thig16.1:14.3","thig16.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mātā dukkhitā rodati pitā ca,\nAssā sabbaso samabhihato;\nGhaṭenti saññāpetuṁ,\nPāsādatale chamāpatitaṁ.","en":"Upset, her mother burst into tears,\nwhile her father, though grieved,\ntried his best to persuade her\nas she lay collapsed upstairs in the longhouse."}},{"id":"thig16.1:15","sourceIds":["thig16.1:15.1","thig16.1:15.2","thig16.1:15.3","thig16.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Uṭṭhehi puttaka kiṁ soci,\nTena dinnāsi vāraṇavatimhi;\nRājā anīkaratto,\nAbhirūpo tassa tvaṁ dinnā.","en":"“Get up child, why do you grieve so?\nYou’re already betrothed to be married!\nKing Anīkaratta the handsome\nis in Vāraṇavatī: he is your betrothed."}},{"id":"thig16.1:16","sourceIds":["thig16.1:16.1","thig16.1:16.2","thig16.1:16.3","thig16.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aggamahesī bhavissasi,\nAnikarattassa rājino bhariyā;\nSīlāni brahmacariyaṁ,\nPabbajjā dukkarā puttaka.","en":"You shall be the chief queen,\nwife of King Anīkaratta.\nEthical precepts, the chaste path—\ngoing forth is hard to do, my child."}},{"id":"thig16.1:17","sourceIds":["thig16.1:17.1","thig16.1:17.2","thig16.1:17.3","thig16.1:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rajje āṇā dhanamissariyaṁ,\nBhogā sukhā daharikāsi;\nBhuñjāhi kāmabhoge,\nVāreyyaṁ hotu te putta”.","en":"As a royal there is command, wealth, authority,\nand the happiness of possessions.\nEnjoy sensual pleasures while you’re still young!\nLet your wedding take place, my child!”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:18","sourceIds":["thig16.1:18.1","thig16.1:18.2","thig16.1:18.3","thig16.1:18.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha ne bhaṇati sumedhā,\n“Mā edisikāni bhavagatamasāraṁ;\nPabbajjā vā hohiti,\nMaraṇaṁ vā me na ceva vāreyyaṁ.","en":"Then Sumedhā said to him:\n“Let this not come to pass! Existence is hollow!\nI shall either go forth or die,\nbut I shall never marry."}},{"id":"thig16.1:19","sourceIds":["thig16.1:19.1","thig16.1:19.2","thig16.1:19.3","thig16.1:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kimiva pūtikāyamasuciṁ,\nSavanagandhaṁ bhayānakaṁ kuṇapaṁ;\nAbhisaṁviseyyaṁ bhastaṁ,\nAsakiṁ paggharitaṁ asucipuṇṇaṁ.","en":"Why cling to this rotting body so foul,\nstinking of fluids,\na horrifying water-bag carcass,\nalways oozing, full of filth?"}},{"id":"thig16.1:20","sourceIds":["thig16.1:20.1","thig16.1:20.2","thig16.1:20.3","thig16.1:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kimiva tahaṁ jānantī,\nVikūlakaṁ maṁsasoṇitupalittaṁ;\nKimikulālayaṁ sakuṇabhattaṁ,\nKaḷevaraṁ kissa diyyati.","en":"Knowing it like I do, what’s the point?\nA carcass is vile, smeared with flesh and blood,\nfood for birds and swarms of worms—\nwhy have we been given it?"}},{"id":"thig16.1:21","sourceIds":["thig16.1:21.1","thig16.1:21.2","thig16.1:21.3","thig16.1:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nibbuyhati susānaṁ,\nAciraṁ kāyo apetaviññāṇo;\nChuddho kaḷiṅgaraṁ viya,\nJigucchamānehi ñātīhi.","en":"Before long the body, bereft of consciousness,\nis carried out to the charnel ground,\nto be discarded like an old log\nby relatives in disgust."}},{"id":"thig16.1:22","sourceIds":["thig16.1:22.1","thig16.1:22.2","thig16.1:22.3","thig16.1:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chuddhūna naṁ susāne,\nParabhattaṁ nhāyanti jigucchantā;\nNiyakā mātāpitaro,\nKiṁ pana sādhāraṇā janatā.","en":"When they’ve discarded it in the charnel ground,\nto be eaten by others, your own parents\nbathe themselves, disgusted;\nwhat then of people at large?"}},{"id":"thig16.1:23","sourceIds":["thig16.1:23.1","thig16.1:23.2","thig16.1:23.3","thig16.1:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhositā asāre,\nKaḷevare aṭṭhinhārusaṅghāte;\nKheḷassuccārassava,\nParipuṇṇe pūtikāyamhi.","en":"They’re attached to this hollow carcass,\nthis mass of sinews and bone;\nthis rotting body\nfull of saliva, tears, feces, and pus."}},{"id":"thig16.1:24","sourceIds":["thig16.1:24.1","thig16.1:24.2","thig16.1:24.3","thig16.1:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo naṁ vinibbhujitvā,\nAbbhantaramassa bāhiraṁ kayirā;\nGandhassa asahamānā,\nSakāpi mātā jiguccheyya.","en":"If anyone were to dissect it,\nturning it inside out,\nthe unbearable stench\nwould disgust even their own mother."}},{"id":"thig16.1:25","sourceIds":["thig16.1:25.1","thig16.1:25.2","thig16.1:25.3","thig16.1:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Khandhadhātuāyatanaṁ,\nSaṅkhataṁ jātimūlakaṁ dukkhaṁ;\nYoniso anuvicinantī,\nVāreyyaṁ kissa iccheyyaṁ.","en":"Rationally examining\nthe aggregates, elements, and sense fields\nas conditioned, rooted in birth, suffering—\nwhy would I wish for marriage?"}},{"id":"thig16.1:26","sourceIds":["thig16.1:26.1","thig16.1:26.2","thig16.1:26.3","thig16.1:26.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Divase divase tisatti,\nSatāni navanavā pateyyuṁ kāyamhi;\nVassasatampi ca ghāto,\nSeyyo dukkhassa cevaṁ khayo.","en":"Let three hundred sharp swords\nfall on my body everyday!\nEven if the slaughter lasted a hundred years\nit’d be worth it if it led to the end of suffering."}},{"id":"thig16.1:27","sourceIds":["thig16.1:27.1","thig16.1:27.2","thig16.1:27.3","thig16.1:27.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjhupagacche ghātaṁ,\nYo viññāyevaṁ satthuno vacanaṁ;\n‘Dīgho tesaṁ saṁsāro,\nPunappunaṁ haññamānānaṁ’.","en":"One who understands the Teacher’s words\nwould put up with this slaughter:\n‘Long for you is transmigration\nbeing killed time and time again.’"}},{"id":"thig16.1:28","sourceIds":["thig16.1:28.1","thig16.1:28.2","thig16.1:28.3","thig16.1:28.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Devesu manussesu ca,\nTiracchānayoniyā asurakāye;\nPetesu ca nirayesu ca,\nAparimitā dissare ghātā.","en":"Among gods and humans,\nin the realm of animals or that of titans,\namong the ghosts or in the hells,\nendless killings are seen."}},{"id":"thig16.1:29","sourceIds":["thig16.1:29.1","thig16.1:29.2","thig16.1:29.3","thig16.1:29.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ghātā nirayesu bahū,\nVinipātagatassa pīḷiyamānassa;\nDevesupi attāṇaṁ,\nNibbānasukhā paraṁ natthi.","en":"The hells are full of killing,\nfor the corrupt who have fallen to the underworld.\nEven among the gods there is no shelter,\nfor no happiness excels extinguishment."}},{"id":"thig16.1:30","sourceIds":["thig16.1:30.1","thig16.1:30.2","thig16.1:30.3","thig16.1:30.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pattā te nibbānaṁ,\nYe yuttā dasabalassa pāvacane;\nAppossukkā ghaṭenti,\nJātimaraṇappahānāya.","en":"Those who are committed to the dispensation\nof him of the ten powers attain extinguishment.\nLiving at ease, they apply themselves\nto giving up rebirth and death."}},{"id":"thig16.1:31","sourceIds":["thig16.1:31.1","thig16.1:31.2","thig16.1:31.3","thig16.1:31.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajjeva tātabhinikkha-\nmissaṁ bhogehi kiṁ asārehi;\nNibbinnā me kāmā,\nVantasamā tālavatthukatā”.","en":"On this very day, dad, I shall renounce:\nwhat’s to enjoy in hollow riches?\nI’m disillusioned with sensual pleasures,\nthey’re like vomit, made like a palm stump.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:32","sourceIds":["thig16.1:32.1","thig16.1:32.2","thig16.1:32.3","thig16.1:32.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā cevaṁ bhaṇati pitaram-\nanīkaratto ca yassa sā dinnā;\nUpayāsi vāraṇavate,\nVāreyyamupaṭṭhite kāle.","en":"As she spoke thus to her father,\nAnīkaratta, to whom she was betrothed,\napproached from Vāraṇavatī\nat the time appointed for the marriage."}},{"id":"thig16.1:33","sourceIds":["thig16.1:33.1","thig16.1:33.2","thig16.1:33.3","thig16.1:33.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha asitanicitamuduke,\nKese khaggena chindiya sumedhā;\nPāsādaṁ pidahitvā,\nPaṭhamajjhānaṁ samāpajji.","en":"Then Sumedhā took up a knife,\nand cut off her hair, so black, thick, and soft.\nShutting herself in the longhouse,\nshe entered the first absorption."}},{"id":"thig16.1:34","sourceIds":["thig16.1:34.1","thig16.1:34.2","thig16.1:34.3","thig16.1:34.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā ca tahiṁ samāpannā,\nAnīkaratto ca āgato nagaraṁ;\nPāsāde ca sumedhā,\nAniccasaññaṁ subhāveti.","en":"And as she entered it there,\nAnīkaratta arrived at the city.\nThen in the longhouse, Sumedhā\nwell developed the perception of impermanence."}},{"id":"thig16.1:35","sourceIds":["thig16.1:35.1","thig16.1:35.2","thig16.1:35.3","thig16.1:35.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā ca manasi karoti,\nAnīkaratto ca āruhī turitaṁ;\nMaṇikanakabhūsitaṅgo,\nKatañjalī yācati sumedhaṁ.","en":"As she investigated in meditation,\nAnīkaratta quickly climbed the stairs.\nHis limbs adorned with gems and honey-yellow gold,\nhe begged Sumedhā with cupped palms:"}},{"id":"thig16.1:36","sourceIds":["thig16.1:36.1","thig16.1:36.2","thig16.1:36.3","thig16.1:36.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Rajje āṇādhanamissa-\nriyaṁ bhogā sukhā daharikāsi;\nBhuñjāhi kāmabhoge,\nKāmasukhā dullabhā loke.","en":"“As a royal there is command, wealth, authority,\nand the happiness of possessions.\nEnjoy sensual pleasures while you’re still young!\nSensual pleasures are hard to find in the world!"}},{"id":"thig16.1:37","sourceIds":["thig16.1:37.1","thig16.1:37.2","thig16.1:37.3","thig16.1:37.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nissaṭṭhaṁ te rajjaṁ,\nBhoge bhuñjassu dehi dānāni;\nMā dummanā ahosi,\nMātāpitaro te dukkhitā”.","en":"I’ve handed royalty to you—\nenjoy riches, give gifts!\nDon’t be sad;\nyour parents are upset.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:38","sourceIds":["thig16.1:38.1","thig16.1:38.2","thig16.1:38.3","thig16.1:38.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Taṁ taṁ bhaṇati sumedhā,\nKāmehi anatthikā vigatamohā;\n“Mā kāme abhinandi,\nKāmesvādīnavaṁ passa.","en":"Sumedhā, having no use for sensual pleasures,\nand having done away with delusion, spoke right back:\n“Do not take pleasure in sensuality!\nSee the danger in sensual pleasures!"}},{"id":"thig16.1:39","sourceIds":["thig16.1:39.1","thig16.1:39.2","thig16.1:39.3","thig16.1:39.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cātuddīpo rājā,\nMandhātā āsi kāmabhoginamaggo;\nAtitto kālaṅkato,\nNa cassa paripūritā icchā.","en":"Mandhātā, king of four continents,\nforemost in enjoying sensual pleasures,\ndied unsated,\nhis desires unfulfilled."}},{"id":"thig16.1:40","sourceIds":["thig16.1:40.1","thig16.1:40.2","thig16.1:40.3","thig16.1:40.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Satta ratanāni vasseyya,\nVuṭṭhimā dasadisā samantena;\nNa catthi titti kāmānaṁ,\nAtittāva maranti narā.","en":"Were the seven jewels to rain from the sky\nall over the ten directions,\nthere would be no sating of sensual pleasures:\npeople die insatiable."}},{"id":"thig16.1:41","sourceIds":["thig16.1:41.1","thig16.1:41.2","thig16.1:41.3","thig16.1:41.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asisūnūpamā kāmā,\nkāmā sappasiropamā;\nUkkopamā anudahanti,\naṭṭhikaṅkala sannibhā.","en":"Like a butcher’s knife and chopping board,\nsensual pleasures are like a cobra’s head.\nThey burn like a fire-brand,\nthey resemble a skeleton."}},{"id":"thig16.1:42","sourceIds":["thig16.1:42.1","thig16.1:42.2","thig16.1:42.3","thig16.1:42.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aniccā adhuvā kāmā,\nbahudukkhā mahāvisā;\nAyoguḷova santatto,\naghamūlā dukhapphalā.","en":"Sensual pleasures are impermanent and unstable,\nthey’re full of suffering, a terrible poison;\nlike a hot iron ball,\nthe root of gloom, their fruit is pain."}},{"id":"thig16.1:43","sourceIds":["thig16.1:43.1","thig16.1:43.2","thig16.1:43.3","thig16.1:43.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rukkhapphalūpamā kāmā,\nmaṁsapesūpamā dukhā;\nSupinopamā vañcaniyā,\nkāmā yācitakūpamā.","en":"Sensual pleasures are like fruits of a tree,\nlike scraps of meat, painful,\nthey trick you like a dream;\nsensual pleasures are like borrowed goods."}},{"id":"thig16.1:44","sourceIds":["thig16.1:44.1","thig16.1:44.2","thig16.1:44.3","thig16.1:44.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattisūlūpamā kāmā,\nrogo gaṇḍo aghaṁ nighaṁ;\nAṅgārakāsusadisā,\naghamūlaṁ bhayaṁ vadho.","en":"Sensual pleasures are like swords and spears;\na disease, a boil, gloom and trouble.\nLike a pit of glowing coals,\nthe root of gloom, fear and slaughter."}},{"id":"thig16.1:45","sourceIds":["thig16.1:45.1","thig16.1:45.2","thig16.1:45.3","thig16.1:45.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ bahudukkhā kāmā,\nakkhātā antarāyikā;\nGacchatha na me bhavagate,\nvissāso atthi attano.","en":"Thus sensual pleasures have been explained\nto be obstructions, so full of suffering.\nPlease leave! As for me,\nI have no trust in any state of life."}},{"id":"thig16.1:46","sourceIds":["thig16.1:46.1","thig16.1:46.2","thig16.1:46.3","thig16.1:46.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kiṁ mama paro karissati,\nAttano sīsamhi ḍayhamānamhi;\nAnubandhe jarāmaraṇe,\nTassa ghātāya ghaṭitabbaṁ”.","en":"What can someone else do for me\nwhen their own head is burning?\nWhen stalked by old age and death,\nyou should strive to destroy them.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:47","sourceIds":["thig16.1:47.1","thig16.1:47.2","thig16.1:47.3","thig16.1:47.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvāraṁ apāpuritvānahaṁ,\nMātāpitaro anīkarattañca;\nDisvāna chamaṁ nisinne,\nRodante idamavocaṁ.","en":"She opened the door\nand saw her parents with Anīkaratta,\nsitting crying on the floor.\nAnd so she said this:"}},{"id":"thig16.1:48","sourceIds":["thig16.1:48.1","thig16.1:48.2","thig16.1:48.3","thig16.1:48.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Dīgho bālānaṁ saṁsāro,\nPunappunañca rodataṁ;\nAnamatagge pitu maraṇe,\nBhātu vadhe attano ca vadhe.","en":"“Transmigration is long for fools,\ncrying again and again at that with no known beginning—\nthe death of a father,\nthe killing of a brother or of themselves."}},{"id":"thig16.1:49","sourceIds":["thig16.1:49.1","thig16.1:49.2","thig16.1:49.3","thig16.1:49.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Assu thaññaṁ rudhiraṁ,\nSaṁsāraṁ anamataggato saratha;\nSattānaṁ saṁsarataṁ,\nSarāhi aṭṭhīnañca sannicayaṁ.","en":"Remember the ocean of tears, of milk, of blood—\ntransmigration with no known beginning.\nRemember the bones piled up\nby beings transmigrating."}},{"id":"thig16.1:50","sourceIds":["thig16.1:50.1","thig16.1:50.2","thig16.1:50.3","thig16.1:50.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sara caturodadhī,\nUpanīte assuthaññarudhiramhi;\nSara ekakappamaṭṭhīnaṁ,\nSañcayaṁ vipulena samaṁ.","en":"Remember the four oceans\ncompared with tears, milk, and blood.\nRemember bones piled up high as Mount Vepulla\nin the course of a single eon."}},{"id":"thig16.1:51","sourceIds":["thig16.1:51.1","thig16.1:51.2","thig16.1:51.3","thig16.1:51.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anamatagge saṁsarato,\nMahiṁ jambudīpamupanītaṁ;\nKolaṭṭhimattaguḷikā,\nMātā mātusveva nappahonti.","en":"Transmigration with no known beginning\nis compared to this broad Black Plum Tree Land;\nif divided into lumps the size of jujube seeds,\nthey’d still be fewer than his mother’s mothers."}},{"id":"thig16.1:52","sourceIds":["thig16.1:52.1","thig16.1:52.2","thig16.1:52.3","thig16.1:52.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ,\nUpanītaṁ anamataggato sara;\nCaturaṅgulikā ghaṭikā,\nPitupitusveva nappahonti.","en":"Remember the grass, sticks, and leaves,\ncompare that with no known beginning:\nif split into chips four inches in size,\nthey’d still be fewer than his father’s fathers."}},{"id":"thig16.1:53","sourceIds":["thig16.1:53.1","thig16.1:53.2","thig16.1:53.3","thig16.1:53.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sara kāṇakacchapaṁ pubba-\nsamudde aparato ca yugachiddaṁ;\nSiraṁ tassa ca paṭimukkaṁ,\nManussalābhamhi opammaṁ.","en":"Remember the one-eyed turtle and the yoke with a hole\nblown in the ocean from east to west—\nsticking the head in the hole\nis a metaphor for gaining a human birth."}},{"id":"thig16.1:54","sourceIds":["thig16.1:54.1","thig16.1:54.2","thig16.1:54.3","thig16.1:54.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sara rūpaṁ pheṇapiṇḍopam-\nassa kāyakalino asārassa;\nKhandhe passa anicce,\nSarāhi niraye bahuvighāte.","en":"Remember the form of this unlucky body,\ninsubstantial as a lump of foam.\nSee the aggregates as impermanent,\nremember the hells so full of distress."}},{"id":"thig16.1:55","sourceIds":["thig16.1:55.1","thig16.1:55.2","thig16.1:55.3","thig16.1:55.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sara kaṭasiṁ vaḍḍhente,\nPunappunaṁ tāsu tāsu jātīsu;\nSara kumbhīlabhayāni ca,\nSarāhi cattāri saccāni.","en":"Remember those swelling the charnel grounds\nagain and again in life after life.\nRemember the danger of gharials!\nRemember the four truths!"}},{"id":"thig16.1:56","sourceIds":["thig16.1:56.1","thig16.1:56.2","thig16.1:56.3","thig16.1:56.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Amatamhi vijjamāne,\nKiṁ tava pañcakaṭukena pītena;\nSabbā hi kāmaratiyo,\nKaṭukatarā pañcakaṭukena.","en":"When freedom from death is there to be found,\nwhy would you drink the five bitter poisons?\nFor all erotic delights\nare so much more bitter than them."}},{"id":"thig16.1:57","sourceIds":["thig16.1:57.1","thig16.1:57.2","thig16.1:57.3","thig16.1:57.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Amatamhi vijjamāne,\nKiṁ tava kāmehi ye pariḷāhā;\nSabbā hi kāmaratiyo,\nJalitā kuthitā kampitā santāpitā.","en":"When freedom from death is there to be found,\nwhy would you burn for sensual pleasures?\nFor all erotic delights\nare burning, boiling, bubbling, seething."}},{"id":"thig16.1:58","sourceIds":["thig16.1:58.1","thig16.1:58.2","thig16.1:58.3","thig16.1:58.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Asapattamhi samāne,\nKiṁ tava kāmehi ye bahusapattā;\nRājaggicoraudakappiyehi,\nSādhāraṇā kāmā bahusapattā.","en":"When there is freedom from enmity,\nwhy would you want your enemy, sensual pleasures?\nMany enemies take a share of your sensual pleasures:\nkings, fire, robbers, flood, and unloved heirs."}},{"id":"thig16.1:59","sourceIds":["thig16.1:59.1","thig16.1:59.2","thig16.1:59.3","thig16.1:59.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mokkhamhi vijjamāne,\nKiṁ tava kāmehi yesu vadhabandho;\nKāmesu hi asakāmā,\nVadhabandhadukhāni anubhonti.","en":"When liberation is there to be found,\nwhat good are sensual pleasures that kill and bind?\nFor though unwilling, when sensual pleasures are there,\nthey are subject to the pain of killing and binding."}},{"id":"thig16.1:60","sourceIds":["thig16.1:60.1","thig16.1:60.2","thig16.1:60.3","thig16.1:60.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ādīpitā tiṇukkā,\nGaṇhantaṁ dahanti neva muñcantaṁ;\nUkkopamā hi kāmā,\nDahanti ye te na muñcanti.","en":"As a blazing grass torch\nburns one who grasps it without letting go,\nsensual pleasures are like a grass torch,\nburning those who do not let go."}},{"id":"thig16.1:61","sourceIds":["thig16.1:61.1","thig16.1:61.2","thig16.1:61.3","thig16.1:61.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mā appakassa hetu,\nKāmasukhassa vipulaṁ jahī sukhaṁ;\nMā puthulomova baḷisaṁ,\nGilitvā pacchā vihaññasi.","en":"Don’t give up abundant happiness\nfor the trivial joys of sensual pleasure.\nDon’t fret later,\nlike a catfish on a hook."}},{"id":"thig16.1:62","sourceIds":["thig16.1:62.1","thig16.1:62.2","thig16.1:62.3","thig16.1:62.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmaṁ kāmesu damassu,\nTāva sunakhova saṅkhalābaddho;\nKāhinti khu taṁ kāmā,\nChātā sunakhaṁva caṇḍālā.","en":"Deliberately control yourself among sensual pleasures!\nYou’re like a hound fixed to a chain:\nsensual pleasures will surely devour you\nas hungry corpse-workers would a hound."}},{"id":"thig16.1:63","sourceIds":["thig16.1:63.1","thig16.1:63.2","thig16.1:63.3","thig16.1:63.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Aparimitañca dukkhaṁ,\nBahūni ca cittadomanassāni;\nAnubhohisi kāmayutto,\nPaṭinissaja addhuve kāme.","en":"Harnessed to sensual pleasure,\nyou undergo endless pain,\nalong with much mental anguish:\nrelinquish sensual pleasures, they don’t last!"}},{"id":"thig16.1:64","sourceIds":["thig16.1:64.1","thig16.1:64.2","thig16.1:64.3","thig16.1:64.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ajaramhi vijjamāne,\nKiṁ tava kāmehi yesu jarā;\nMaraṇabyādhigahitā,\nSabbā sabbattha jātiyo.","en":"When the unaging is there to be found,\nwhat good are sensual pleasures in which is old age?\nAll rebirths everywhere\nare bonded to death and sickness."}},{"id":"thig16.1:65","sourceIds":["thig16.1:65.1","thig16.1:65.2","thig16.1:65.3","thig16.1:65.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Idamajaramidamamaraṁ,\nIdamajarāmaraṁ padamasokaṁ;\nAsapattamasambādhaṁ,\nAkhalitamabhayaṁ nirupatāpaṁ.","en":"This is freedom from old age, freedom from death!\nThis is freedom from old age and death, the sorrowless state!\nFree of enmity, unconstricted,\nfaultless, fearless, without tribulations."}},{"id":"thig16.1:66","sourceIds":["thig16.1:66.1","thig16.1:66.2","thig16.1:66.3","thig16.1:66.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Adhigatamidaṁ bahūhi,\nAmataṁ ajjāpi ca labhanīyamidaṁ;\nYo yoniso payuñjati,\nNa ca sakkā aghaṭamānena”.","en":"This freedom from death has been realized by many;\neven today it can be obtained\nby those who rationally apply themselves;\nbut it’s impossible if you don’t try.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:67","sourceIds":["thig16.1:67.1","thig16.1:67.2","thig16.1:67.3","thig16.1:67.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ bhaṇati sumedhā,\nSaṅkhāragate ratiṁ alabhamānā;\nAnunentī anikarattaṁ,\nKese ca chamaṁ khipi sumedhā.","en":"So said Sumedhā,\nlacking delight in conditioned things.\nSoothing Anīkaratta,\nSumedhā cast her hair on the ground."}},{"id":"thig16.1:68","sourceIds":["thig16.1:68.1","thig16.1:68.2","thig16.1:68.3","thig16.1:68.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uṭṭhāya anikaratto,\nPañjaliko yācatassā pitaraṁ so;\n“Vissajjetha sumedhaṁ,\nPabbajituṁ vimokkhasaccadassā”.","en":"Standing up, Anīkaratta\nraised his cupped palms to her father and begged:\n“Let go of Sumedhā, so that she may go forth!\nShe will see the truth of liberation.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:69","sourceIds":["thig16.1:69.1","thig16.1:69.2","thig16.1:69.3","thig16.1:69.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vissajjitā mātāpitūhi,\npabbaji sokabhayabhītā;\nCha abhiññā sacchikatā,\naggaphalaṁ sikkhamānāya.","en":"Released by her mother and father,\nshe went forth, afraid of grief and fear.\nWhile still a trainee nun she realized the six direct knowledges,\nalong with the highest fruit."}},{"id":"thig16.1:70","sourceIds":["thig16.1:70.1","thig16.1:70.2","thig16.1:70.3","thig16.1:70.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Acchariyamabbhutaṁ taṁ,\nNibbānaṁ āsi rājakaññāya;\nPubbenivāsacaritaṁ,\nYathā byākari pacchime kāle.","en":"The extinguishment of the princess\nwas incredible and amazing;\non her deathbed, she declared\nher several past lives."}},{"id":"thig16.1:71","sourceIds":["thig16.1:71.1","thig16.1:71.2","thig16.1:71.3","thig16.1:71.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bhagavati koṇāgamane,\nSaṅghārāmamhi navanivesamhi;\nSakhiyo tisso janiyo,\nVihāradānaṁ adāsimha.","en":"“In the time of the Buddha Koṇāgamana,\nwe three friends gave the gift\nof a newly-built dwelling\nin the Saṅgha’s monastery."}},{"id":"thig16.1:72","sourceIds":["thig16.1:72.1","thig16.1:72.2","thig16.1:72.3","thig16.1:72.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dasakkhattuṁ satakkhattuṁ,\nDasasatakkhattuṁ satāni ca satakkhattuṁ;\nDevesu uppajjimha,\nKo pana vādo manussesu.","en":"Ten times, a hundred times,\na thousand times, ten thousand times,\nwe were reborn among the gods,\nlet alone among humans."}},{"id":"thig16.1:73","sourceIds":["thig16.1:73.1","thig16.1:73.2","thig16.1:73.3","thig16.1:73.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Devesu mahiddhikā ahumha,\nMānusakamhi ko pana vādo;\nSattaratanassa mahesī,\nItthiratanaṁ ahaṁ āsiṁ.","en":"We were mighty among the gods,\nlet alone among humans!\nI was queen to a king with the seven treasures—\nI was the treasure of a wife."}},{"id":"thig16.1:74","sourceIds":["thig16.1:74.1","thig16.1:74.2","thig16.1:74.3","thig16.1:74.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"So hetu so pabhavo,\nTaṁ mūlaṁ sāva sāsane khantī;\nTaṁ paṭhamasamodhānaṁ,\nTaṁ dhammaratāya nibbānaṁ.","en":"That was the cause, that the origin, that the root,\nthat was the acceptance of the dispensation;\nthat first meeting culminated in extinguishment\nfor one delighting in the teaching."}},{"id":"thig16.1:75","sourceIds":["thig16.1:75.1","thig16.1:75.2","thig16.1:75.3","thig16.1:75.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ karonti ye sadda-\nhanti vacanaṁ anomapaññassa;\nNibbindanti bhavagate,\nNibbinditvā virajjantī”ti.","en":"So say those who have faith in the words\nof the one unrivaled in wisdom.\nThey’re disillusioned with any state of life,\nand being disillusioned they become dispassionate.”"}},{"id":"thig16.1:76","sourceIds":["thig16.1:76.1","thig16.1:76.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itthaṁ sudaṁ sumedhā therī gāthāyo abhāsitthāti.\nMahānipāto niṭṭhito.","en":"That is how these verses were recited by the senior nun Sumedhā."}},{"id":"thig16.1:77","sourceIds":["thig16.1:77.0","thig16.1:77.1","thig16.1:77.2","thig16.1:77.3","thig16.1:77.4","thig16.1:77.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Samattā therīgāthāyo\nGāthāsatāni cattāri,\nasīti puna cuddasa;\nTheriyekuttarasatā,\nsabbā tā āsavakkhayāti.\nTherīgāthāpāḷi niṭṭhitā.","en":"The Verses of the Senior Nuns are finished."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig16.1/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."}