{"id":"thig5.11","title":"Thirty Nuns","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig5.11","title":"Thirty Nuns","units":[{"id":"thig5.11:0","sourceIds":["thig5.11:0.1","thig5.11:0.2","thig5.11:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 5.11\nPañcakanipāta\nTiṁsamattātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.11\nThe Book of the Fives\nThirty Nuns"}},{"id":"thig5.11:1","sourceIds":["thig5.11:1.1","thig5.11:1.2","thig5.11:1.3","thig5.11:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Musalāni gahetvāna,\ndhaññaṁ koṭṭenti māṇavā;\nPuttadārāni posentā,\ndhanaṁ vindanti māṇavā.","en":"“Taking a pestle,\nyoung men pound grain.\nProviding for partners and children,\nyoung men acquire wealth."}},{"id":"thig5.11:2","sourceIds":["thig5.11:2.1","thig5.11:2.2","thig5.11:2.3","thig5.11:2.4","thig5.11:2.5","thig5.11:2.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Karotha buddhasāsanaṁ,\nyaṁ katvā nānutappati;\nKhippaṁ pādāni dhovitvā,\nekamante nisīdatha;\nCetosamathamanuyuttā,\nkarotha buddhasāsanaṁ”.","en":"Do the Buddha’s bidding,\nyou won’t regret it.\nHaving quickly washed your feet,\nsit in a discreet place to meditate.\nDevoted to serenity of heart,\ndo the Buddha’s bidding.”"}},{"id":"thig5.11:3","sourceIds":["thig5.11:3.1","thig5.11:3.2","thig5.11:3.3","thig5.11:3.4","thig5.11:3.5","thig5.11:3.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassā tā vacanaṁ sutvā,\npaṭācārāya sāsanaṁ;\nPāde pakkhālayitvāna,\nekamantaṁ upāvisuṁ;\nCetosamathamanuyuttā,\nakaṁsu buddhasāsanaṁ.","en":"After hearing her words,\nthe instructions of Paṭācārā,\nthey washed their feet\nand retired to a discreet place.\nDevoted to serenity of heart,\nthey did the Buddha’s bidding."}},{"id":"thig5.11:4","sourceIds":["thig5.11:4.1","thig5.11:4.2","thig5.11:4.3","thig5.11:4.4","thig5.11:4.5","thig5.11:4.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rattiyā purime yāme,\npubbajātimanussaruṁ;\nRattiyā majjhime yāme,\ndibbacakkhuṁ visodhayuṁ;\nRattiyā pacchime yāme,\ntamokhandhaṁ padālayuṁ.","en":"In the first watch of the night,\nthey recollected their past lives.\nIn the middle watch of the night,\nthey purified their clairvoyance.\nIn the last watch of the night,\nthey shattered the mass of darkness."}},{"id":"thig5.11:5","sourceIds":["thig5.11:5.1","thig5.11:5.2","thig5.11:5.3","thig5.11:5.4","thig5.11:5.5","thig5.11:5.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Uṭṭhāya pāde vandiṁsu,\n“katā te anusāsanī;\nIndaṁva devā tidasā,\nsaṅgāme aparājitaṁ;\nPurakkhatvā vihassāma,\ntevijjāmha anāsavā”ti.","en":"They rose and paid homage at her feet:\n“We have done your bidding;\nwe shall abide honoring you,\nas the Thirty gods honor Indra,\nundefeated in battle.\nMasters of the three knowledges, we are free of defilements.”"}},{"id":"thig5.11:6","sourceIds":["thig5.11:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Itthaṁ sudaṁ tiṁsamattā therī bhikkhuniyo paṭācārāya santike aññaṁ byākariṁsūti.","en":"That is how thirty senior nuns declared their enlightenment in the presence of Paṭācārā."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig5.11/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."}