{"id":"thig5.12","title":"Candā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig5.12","title":"Candā","units":[{"id":"thig5.12:0","sourceIds":["thig5.12:0.1","thig5.12:0.2","thig5.12:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 5.12\nPañcakanipāta\nCandātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.12\nThe Book of the Fives\nCandā"}},{"id":"thig5.12:1","sourceIds":["thig5.12:1.1","thig5.12:1.2","thig5.12:1.3","thig5.12:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Duggatāhaṁ pure āsiṁ,\nvidhavā ca aputtikā;\nVinā mittehi ñātīhi,\nbhattacoḷassa nādhigaṁ.","en":"I used to be in a sorry state.\nAs a childless widow,\nbereft of friends or relatives,\nI got neither food nor clothes."}},{"id":"thig5.12:2","sourceIds":["thig5.12:2.1","thig5.12:2.2","thig5.12:2.3","thig5.12:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pattaṁ daṇḍañca gaṇhitvā,\nbhikkhamānā kulā kulaṁ;\nSītuṇhena ca ḍayhantī,\nsatta vassāni cārihaṁ.","en":"I took a bowl and a staff\nand went begging from family to family.\nFor seven years I wandered,\nburned by heat and cold."}},{"id":"thig5.12:3","sourceIds":["thig5.12:3.1","thig5.12:3.2","thig5.12:3.3","thig5.12:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhikkhuniṁ puna disvāna,\nannapānassa lābhiniṁ;\nUpasaṅkamma avocaṁ,\n‘pabbajjaṁ anagāriyaṁ’.","en":"Then I saw a nun\nreceiving food and drink.\nApproaching her, I said:\n“Send me forth to homelessness.”"}},{"id":"thig5.12:4","sourceIds":["thig5.12:4.1","thig5.12:4.2","thig5.12:4.3","thig5.12:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sā ca maṁ anukampāya,\npabbājesi paṭācārā;\nTato maṁ ovaditvāna,\nparamatthe niyojayi.","en":"Out of sympathy for me,\nPaṭācārā gave me the going forth.\nThen, having advised me,\nshe urged me on to the ultimate goal."}},{"id":"thig5.12:5","sourceIds":["thig5.12:5.1","thig5.12:5.2","thig5.12:5.3","thig5.12:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nakāsiṁ anusāsaniṁ;\nAmogho ayyāyovādo,\ntevijjāmhi anāsavā”ti.","en":"After hearing her words,\nI did her bidding.\nThe lady’s advice was not in vain:\nmaster of the three knowledges, I am free of defilements."}},{"id":"thig5.12:6","sourceIds":["thig5.12:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Candā therī …."}},{"id":"thig5.12:7","sourceIds":["thig5.12:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pañcakanipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig5.12/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."}