{"id":"thig11.1","title":"Uppalavaṇṇā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig11.1","title":"Uppalavaṇṇā","units":[{"id":"thig11.1:0","sourceIds":["thig11.1:0.1","thig11.1:0.2","thig11.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 11.1\nDvādasakanipāta\nUppalavaṇṇātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 11.1\nThe Book of the Twelves\nUppalavaṇṇā"}},{"id":"thig11.1:1","sourceIds":["thig11.1:1.1","thig11.1:1.2","thig11.1:1.3","thig11.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ubho mātā ca dhītā ca,\nmayaṁ āsuṁ sapattiyo;\nTassā me ahu saṁvego,\nabbhuto lomahaṁsano.","en":"“The two of us were co-wives,\nthough we were mother and daughter.\nI was struck with a sense of urgency,\nso astonishing and hair-raising!"}},{"id":"thig11.1:2","sourceIds":["thig11.1:2.1","thig11.1:2.2","thig11.1:2.3","thig11.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dhiratthu kāmā asucī,\nduggandhā bahukaṇṭakā;\nYattha mātā ca dhītā ca,\nsabhariyā mayaṁ ahuṁ.","en":"Curse those filthy sensual pleasures,\nso nasty and thorny,\nwhere we, both mother and daughter,\nhad to be co-wives together."}},{"id":"thig11.1:3","sourceIds":["thig11.1:3.1","thig11.1:3.2","thig11.1:3.3","thig11.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kāmesvādīnavaṁ disvā,\nnekkhammaṁ daṭṭhu khemato;\nSā pabbajjiṁ rājagahe,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ.","en":"Seeing the danger in sensual pleasures,\nseeing renunciation as sanctuary,\nI went forth in Rājagaha\nfrom the lay life to homelessness."}},{"id":"thig11.1:4","sourceIds":["thig11.1:4.1","thig11.1:4.2","thig11.1:4.3","thig11.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,\ndibbacakkhu visodhitaṁ;\nCetopariccañāṇañca,\nsotadhātu visodhitā.","en":"I know my past lives;\nmy clairvoyance is clarified;\nI encompass the minds of others;\nmy clairaudience is purified;"}},{"id":"thig11.1:5","sourceIds":["thig11.1:5.1","thig11.1:5.2","thig11.1:5.3","thig11.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iddhīpi me sacchikatā,\npatto me āsavakkhayo;\nChaḷabhiññā sacchikatā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"I’ve realized the psychic powers,\nand attained the ending of defilements.\nI’ve realized the six kinds of direct knowledge,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thig11.1:6","sourceIds":["thig11.1:6.1","thig11.1:6.2","thig11.1:6.3","thig11.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Iddhiyā abhinimmitvā,\ncaturassaṁ rathaṁ ahaṁ;\nBuddhassa pāde vanditvā,\nlokanāthassa tādino”.","en":"I created a four-horsed chariot\nusing my psychic powers.\nThen I bowed at the feet of the Buddha,\nthe glorious protector of the world.”"}},{"id":"thig11.1:7","sourceIds":["thig11.1:7.1","thig11.1:7.2","thig11.1:7.3","thig11.1:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Supupphitaggaṁ upagamma pādapaṁ,\nEkā tuvaṁ tiṭṭhasi sālamūle;\nNa cāpi te dutiyo atthi koci,\nBāle na tvaṁ bhāyasi dhuttakānaṁ”.","en":"“You’ve come to this sal tree all crowned with flowers,\nand stand at its root all alone.\nBut you have no male companion with you—\nsilly girl, aren’t you afraid of rascals?”"}},{"id":"thig11.1:8","sourceIds":["thig11.1:8.1","thig11.1:8.2","thig11.1:8.3","thig11.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sataṁ sahassānipi dhuttakānaṁ,\nSamāgatā edisakā bhaveyyuṁ;\nLomaṁ na iñje napi sampavedhe,\nKiṁ me tuvaṁ māra karissaseko.","en":"“Even if 100,000 rascals like this\nwere to gang up,\nI’d stir not a hair nor tremble.\nWhat could you do to me all alone, Māra?"}},{"id":"thig11.1:9","sourceIds":["thig11.1:9.1","thig11.1:9.2","thig11.1:9.3","thig11.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Esā antaradhāyāmi,\nkucchiṁ vā pavisāmi te;\nBhamukantare tiṭṭhāmi,\ntiṭṭhantiṁ maṁ na dakkhasi.","en":"I’ll vanish,\nor I’ll enter your belly;\nI could stand between your eyebrows\nand you still wouldn’t see me."}},{"id":"thig11.1:10","sourceIds":["thig11.1:10.1","thig11.1:10.2","thig11.1:10.3","thig11.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cittamhi vasībhūtāhaṁ,\niddhipādā subhāvitā;\nChaḷabhiññā sacchikatā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"I’m the master of my own mind,\nI’ve developed the bases of psychic power well.\nI’ve realized the six kinds of direct knowledge,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thig11.1:11","sourceIds":["thig11.1:11.1","thig11.1:11.2","thig11.1:11.3","thig11.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sattisūlūpamā kāmā,\nkhandhāsaṁ adhikuṭṭanā;\nYaṁ tvaṁ ‘kāmaratiṁ’ brūsi,\n‘āratī’ dāni sā mama.","en":"Sensual pleasures are like swords and spears;\nthe aggregates are their chopping block.\nWhat you call erotic delight\nis now no delight for me."}},{"id":"thig11.1:12","sourceIds":["thig11.1:12.1","thig11.1:12.2","thig11.1:12.3","thig11.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha vihatā nandī,\nTamokhandho padālito;\nEvaṁ jānāhi pāpima,\nNihato tvamasi antakā”ti.","en":"Relishing is banished in every respect,\nand the mass of darkness is shattered.\nSo know this, Wicked One:\nyou’re beaten, terminator!”"}},{"id":"thig11.1:13","sourceIds":["thig11.1:13.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Uppalavaṇṇā therī …."}},{"id":"thig11.1:14","sourceIds":["thig11.1:14.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dvādasakanipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig11.1/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."}