{"id":"thig12.1","title":"Puṇṇikā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig12.1","title":"Puṇṇikā","units":[{"id":"thig12.1:0","sourceIds":["thig12.1:0.1","thig12.1:0.2","thig12.1:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 12.1\nSoḷasakanipāta\nPuṇṇātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 12.1\nThe Book of the Sixteens\nPuṇṇikā"}},{"id":"thig12.1:1","sourceIds":["thig12.1:1.1","thig12.1:1.2","thig12.1:1.3","thig12.1:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Udahārī ahaṁ sīte,\nsadā udakamotariṁ;\nAyyānaṁ daṇḍabhayabhītā,\nvācādosabhayaṭṭitā.","en":"“I used to be a water-carrier. Even when it was cold,\nI would always plunge into the water,\nafraid of my masters’ beatings,\nharassed by fear of abuse and anger."}},{"id":"thig12.1:2","sourceIds":["thig12.1:2.1","thig12.1:2.2","thig12.1:2.3","thig12.1:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Kassa brāhmaṇa tvaṁ bhīto,\nsadā udakamotari;\nVedhamānehi gattehi,\nsītaṁ vedayase bhusaṁ”.","en":"Brahmin, what are you afraid of,\nthat you always plunge into the water,\nyour limbs trembling\nin the freezing cold?”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:3","sourceIds":["thig12.1:3.1","thig12.1:3.2","thig12.1:3.3","thig12.1:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jānantī vata maṁ bhoti,\npuṇṇike paripucchasi;\nKarontaṁ kusalaṁ kammaṁ,\nrundhantaṁ katapāpakaṁ.","en":"“Oh, but you already know,\nMadam Puṇṇikā, when you ask me:\nI am doing good deeds,\nto ward off the wickedness I have done."}},{"id":"thig12.1:4","sourceIds":["thig12.1:4.1","thig12.1:4.2","thig12.1:4.3","thig12.1:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yo ca vuḍḍho daharo vā,\npāpakammaṁ pakubbati;\nDakābhisecanā sopi,\npāpakammā pamuccati”.","en":"Whosoever young or old\nperforms a wicked deed,\nby ablution in water they are\nreleased from their wicked deed.”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:5","sourceIds":["thig12.1:5.1","thig12.1:5.2","thig12.1:5.3","thig12.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ko nu te idamakkhāsi,\najānantassa ajānako;\nDakābhisecanā nāma,\npāpakammā pamuccati.","en":"“Who on earth told you this,\none ignoramus to another:\n‘Actually, by ablution in water one is\nreleased from a wicked deed.’"}},{"id":"thig12.1:6","sourceIds":["thig12.1:6.1","thig12.1:6.2","thig12.1:6.3","thig12.1:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Saggaṁ nūna gamissanti,\nsabbe maṇḍūkakacchapā;\nNāgā ca susumārā ca,\nye caññe udake carā.","en":"Would not they all go to heaven, then:\nall the frogs and the turtles,\ndragons, dolphins,\nand other water-dwellers too?"}},{"id":"thig12.1:7","sourceIds":["thig12.1:7.1","thig12.1:7.2","thig12.1:7.3","thig12.1:7.4","thig12.1:7.5","thig12.1:7.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Orabbhikā sūkarikā,\nmacchikā migabandhakā;\nCorā ca vajjhaghātā ca,\nye caññe pāpakammino;\nDakābhisecanā tepi,\npāpakammā pamuccare.","en":"Butchers of sheep and pigs,\nfishermen, animal trappers,\nbandits, executioners,\nand others of evil deeds:\nby ablution in water they too would be\nreleased from their wicked deeds."}},{"id":"thig12.1:8","sourceIds":["thig12.1:8.1","thig12.1:8.2","thig12.1:8.3","thig12.1:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sace imā nadiyo te,\npāpaṁ pubbe kataṁ vahuṁ;\nPuññampimā vaheyyuṁ te,\ntena tvaṁ paribāhiro.","en":"If these rivers had carried away\nyour bad deeds in the past,\nthey would also carry away your good deeds,\nfrom which you’d be prevented."}},{"id":"thig12.1:9","sourceIds":["thig12.1:9.1","thig12.1:9.2","thig12.1:9.3","thig12.1:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yassa brāhmaṇa tvaṁ bhīto,\nsadā udakamotari;\nTameva brahme mā kāsi,\nmā te sītaṁ chaviṁ hane”.","en":"Brahmin, the thing that you are afraid of,\nwhen you always plunge into the water,\ndo not do that very thing,\ndon’t let the cold harm your skin.”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:10","sourceIds":["thig12.1:10.1","thig12.1:10.2","thig12.1:10.3","thig12.1:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kummaggapaṭipannaṁ maṁ,\nariyamaggaṁ samānayi;\nDakābhisecanā bhoti,\nimaṁ sāṭaṁ dadāmi te”.","en":"“I have been on the wrong path,\nand you’ve guided me to the noble path.\nMadam, I give to you\nthis ablution cloth.”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:11","sourceIds":["thig12.1:11.1","thig12.1:11.2","thig12.1:11.3","thig12.1:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tuyheva sāṭako hotu,\nnāhamicchāmi sāṭakaṁ;\nSace bhāyasi dukkhassa,\nsace te dukkhamappiyaṁ.","en":"“Keep the cloth for yourself,\nI do not want it.\nIf you fear suffering,\nif you don’t like suffering,"}},{"id":"thig12.1:12","sourceIds":["thig12.1:12.1","thig12.1:12.2","thig12.1:12.3","thig12.1:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Mākāsi pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nāvi vā yadi vā raho;\nSace ca pāpakaṁ kammaṁ,\nkarissasi karosi vā.","en":"then don’t do bad deeds\neither openly or in secret.\nIf you should do a bad deed,\nor you’re doing one now,"}},{"id":"thig12.1:13","sourceIds":["thig12.1:13.1","thig12.1:13.2","thig12.1:13.3","thig12.1:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Na te dukkhā pamutyatthi,\nupeccāpi palāyato;\nSace bhāyasi dukkhassa,\nsace te dukkhamappiyaṁ.","en":"you won’t be freed from suffering,\nthough you fly away and flee.\nIf you fear suffering,\nif you don’t like suffering,"}},{"id":"thig12.1:14","sourceIds":["thig12.1:14.1","thig12.1:14.2","thig12.1:14.3","thig12.1:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Upehi saraṇaṁ buddhaṁ,\ndhammaṁ saṅghañca tādinaṁ;\nSamādiyāhi sīlāni,\ntaṁ te atthāya hehiti”.","en":"go for refuge to the Buddha, the unaffected,\nto his teaching and to the Saṅgha.\nUndertake the precepts,\nthat will be good for you.”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:15","sourceIds":["thig12.1:15.1","thig12.1:15.2","thig12.1:15.3","thig12.1:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Upemi saraṇaṁ buddhaṁ,\ndhammaṁ saṅghañca tādinaṁ;\nSamādiyāmi sīlāni,\ntaṁ me atthāya hehiti.","en":"“I go for refuge to the Buddha, the unaffected,\nto his teaching and to the Saṅgha.\nI undertake the precepts,\nthat will be good for me."}},{"id":"thig12.1:16","sourceIds":["thig12.1:16.1","thig12.1:16.2","thig12.1:16.3","thig12.1:16.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Brahmabandhu pure āsiṁ,\najjamhi saccabrāhmaṇo;\nTevijjo vedasampanno,\nsottiyo camhi nhātako”ti.","en":"I used to be brahmin only by kin,\ntoday I truly am a brahmin!\nMaster of the three knowledges, accomplished in wisdom,\nI’m a scholar, a bathed initiate.”"}},{"id":"thig12.1:17","sourceIds":["thig12.1:17.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Puṇṇā therī …."}},{"id":"thig12.1:18","sourceIds":["thig12.1:18.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Soḷasakanipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig12.1/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."}