{"id":"thig5.2","title":"Vimalā, the Former Courtesan","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig5.2","title":"Vimalā, the Former Courtesan","units":[{"id":"thig5.2:0","sourceIds":["thig5.2:0.1","thig5.2:0.2","thig5.2:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 5.2\nPañcakanipāta\nVimalātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.2\nThe Book of the Fives\nVimalā, the Former Courtesan"}},{"id":"thig5.2:1","sourceIds":["thig5.2:1.1","thig5.2:1.2","thig5.2:1.3","thig5.2:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mattā vaṇṇena rūpena,\nsobhaggena yasena ca;\nYobbanena cupatthaddhā,\naññāsamatimaññihaṁ.","en":"Intoxicated by my appearance,\nmy figure, my beauty, my fame,\nand owing to my youth,\nI looked down on others."}},{"id":"thig5.2:2","sourceIds":["thig5.2:2.1","thig5.2:2.2","thig5.2:2.3","thig5.2:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Vibhūsetvā imaṁ kāyaṁ,\nsucittaṁ bālalāpanaṁ;\nAṭṭhāsiṁ vesidvāramhi,\nluddo pāsamivoḍḍiya.","en":"I adorned this body\nall pretty, lamented by fools,\nand stood at the brothel door,\nlike a hunter setting a snare."}},{"id":"thig5.2:3","sourceIds":["thig5.2:3.1","thig5.2:3.2","thig5.2:3.3","thig5.2:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Piḷandhanaṁ vidaṁsentī,\nguyhaṁ pakāsikaṁ bahuṁ;\nAkāsiṁ vividhaṁ māyaṁ,\nujjagghantī bahuṁ janaṁ.","en":"I stripped for them,\nrevealing my many hidden treasures.\nCreating an intricate illusion,\nI laughed, teasing those men."}},{"id":"thig5.2:4","sourceIds":["thig5.2:4.1","thig5.2:4.2","thig5.2:4.3","thig5.2:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sājja piṇḍaṁ caritvāna,\nmuṇḍā saṅghāṭipārutā;\nNisinnā rukkhamūlamhi,\navitakkassa lābhinī.","en":"Today, having wandered for alms,\nmy head shaven, wearing the outer robe,\nI sat at the root of a tree to meditate;\nI’ve gained freedom from thought."}},{"id":"thig5.2:5","sourceIds":["thig5.2:5.1","thig5.2:5.2","thig5.2:5.3","thig5.2:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbe yogā samucchinnā,\nye dibbā ye ca mānusā;\nKhepetvā āsave sabbe,\nsītibhūtāmhi nibbutā”ti.","en":"All yokes are severed,\nboth human and heavenly.\nHaving wiped out all defilements,\nI have become cooled and quenched."}},{"id":"thig5.2:6","sourceIds":["thig5.2:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Vimalā purāṇagaṇikā therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig5.2/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."}