{"id":"thig13.3","title":"Cāpā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig13.3","title":"Cāpā","units":[{"id":"thig13.3:0","sourceIds":["thig13.3:0.1","thig13.3:0.2","thig13.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 13.3\nVīsatinipāta\nCāpātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 13.3\nThe Book of the Twenties\nCāpā"}},{"id":"thig13.3:1","sourceIds":["thig13.3:1.1","thig13.3:1.2","thig13.3:1.3","thig13.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Laṭṭhihattho pure āsi,\nso dāni migaluddako;\nĀsāya palipā ghorā,\nnāsakkhi pārametave.","en":"“Once I carried a hermit’s staff,\nbut these days I hunt deer.\nMy desires have made me unable to cross\nfrom the awful marsh to the far shore."}},{"id":"thig13.3:2","sourceIds":["thig13.3:2.1","thig13.3:2.2","thig13.3:2.3","thig13.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sumattaṁ maṁ maññamānā,\ncāpā puttamatosayi;\nCāpāya bandhanaṁ chetvā,\npabbajissaṁ punopahaṁ”.","en":"Thinking me so in love with her,\nCāpā kept our son happy.\nHaving cut Cāpā’s bond,\nI’ll go forth once again.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:3","sourceIds":["thig13.3:3.1","thig13.3:3.2","thig13.3:3.3","thig13.3:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Mā me kujjhi mahāvīra,\nmā me kujjhi mahāmuni;\nNa hi kodhaparetassa,\nsuddhi atthi kuto tapo”.","en":"“Don’t be mad at me, great hero!\nDon’t be mad at me, great sage!\nIf you’re mired in anger you can’t stay pure,\nlet alone be fervent.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:4","sourceIds":["thig13.3:4.1","thig13.3:4.2","thig13.3:4.3","thig13.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Pakkamissañca nāḷāto,\nkodha nāḷāya vacchati;\nBandhantī itthirūpena,\nsamaṇe dhammajīvino”.","en":"“I’m going to leave Nālā!\nFor who’d stay here at Nālā!\nWith their figures, the women trap\nascetics who live righteously.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:5","sourceIds":["thig13.3:5.1","thig13.3:5.2","thig13.3:5.3","thig13.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ehi kāḷa nivattassu,\nbhuñja kāme yathā pure;\nAhañca te vasīkatā,\nye ca me santi ñātakā”.","en":"“Please, Kāḷa, come back to me.\nEnjoy pleasures like you did before.\nI’ll be under your control,\nalong with any relatives I have.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:6","sourceIds":["thig13.3:6.1","thig13.3:6.2","thig13.3:6.3","thig13.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etto cāpe catubbhāgaṁ,\nyathā bhāsasi tvañca me;\nTayi rattassa posassa,\nuḷāraṁ vata taṁ siyā”.","en":"“Cāpā, if even a quarter\nof what you say were true,\nit would be a splendid thing\nfor a man in love with you!”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:7","sourceIds":["thig13.3:7.1","thig13.3:7.2","thig13.3:7.3","thig13.3:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Kāḷaṅginiṁva takkāriṁ,\npupphitaṁ girimuddhani;\nPhullaṁ dālimalaṭṭhiṁva,\nantodīpeva pāṭaliṁ.","en":"“Kāḷa, I am like a sprouting iris\nflowering on a mountain top,\nlike a blossoming pomegranate,\nlike a patala tree on an isle;"}},{"id":"thig13.3:8","sourceIds":["thig13.3:8.1","thig13.3:8.2","thig13.3:8.3","thig13.3:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Haricandanalittaṅgiṁ,\nkāsikuttamadhāriniṁ;\nTaṁ maṁ rūpavatiṁ santiṁ,\nkassa ohāya gacchasi”.","en":"my limbs are anointed with yellow sandalwood,\nand I wear the finest Kāsi cloth:\nwhen I am so very beautiful,\nhow can you abandon me and leave?”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:9","sourceIds":["thig13.3:9.1","thig13.3:9.2","thig13.3:9.3","thig13.3:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sākuntikova sakuṇiṁ,\nyathā bandhitumicchati;\nĀharimena rūpena,\nna maṁ tvaṁ bādhayissasi”.","en":"“You’re like a fowler\nwho wants to catch a bird;\nbut you won’t trap me\nwith your costumed form.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:10","sourceIds":["thig13.3:10.1","thig13.3:10.2","thig13.3:10.3","thig13.3:10.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Imañca me puttaphalaṁ,\nkāḷa uppāditaṁ tayā;\nTaṁ maṁ puttavatiṁ santiṁ,\nkassa ohāya gacchasi”.","en":"“But this child, my fruit,\nwas begotten by you, Kāḷa.\nWhen I have this child,\nhow can you abandon me and leave?”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:11","sourceIds":["thig13.3:11.1","thig13.3:11.2","thig13.3:11.3","thig13.3:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Jahanti putte sappaññā,\ntato ñātī tato dhanaṁ;\nPabbajanti mahāvīrā,\nnāgo chetvāva bandhanaṁ”.","en":"“The wise give up\nchildren, family, and wealth.\nGreat heroes go forth\nlike elephants breaking their bonds.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:12","sourceIds":["thig13.3:12.1","thig13.3:12.2","thig13.3:12.3","thig13.3:12.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Idāni te imaṁ puttaṁ,\nDaṇḍena churikāya vā;\nBhūmiyaṁ vā nisumbhissaṁ,\nPuttasokā na gacchasi”.","en":"“Now, this son of yours:\nI’ll strike him to the ground right here,\nwith a stick or with a knife!\nGrieving your son, you will not leave.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:13","sourceIds":["thig13.3:13.1","thig13.3:13.2","thig13.3:13.3","thig13.3:13.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sace puttaṁ siṅgālānaṁ,\nkukkurānaṁ padāhisi;\nNa maṁ puttakatte jammi,\npunarāvattayissasi”.","en":"“Even if you feed our son\nto jackals and dogs,\nI’d never return again, you bitch,\nnot even for the child’s sake.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:14","sourceIds":["thig13.3:14.1","thig13.3:14.2","thig13.3:14.3","thig13.3:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Handa kho dāni bhaddante,\nkuhiṁ kāḷa gamissasi;\nKatamaṁ gāmanigamaṁ,\nnagaraṁ rājadhāniyo”.","en":"“Well then, sir, tell me,\nwhere will you go, Kāḷa?\nTo what village or town,\ncity or capital?”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:15","sourceIds":["thig13.3:15.1","thig13.3:15.2","thig13.3:15.3","thig13.3:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ahumha pubbe gaṇino,\nAssamaṇā samaṇamānino;\nGāmena gāmaṁ vicarimha,\nNagare rājadhāniyo.","en":"“Last time we had followers,\nwe weren’t ascetics, we just thought we were.\nWe wandered from village to village,\nto cities and capitals."}},{"id":"thig13.3:16","sourceIds":["thig13.3:16.1","thig13.3:16.2","thig13.3:16.3","thig13.3:16.4","thig13.3:16.5","thig13.3:16.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Eso hi bhagavā buddho,\nnadiṁ nerañjaraṁ pati;\nSabbadukkhappahānāya,\ndhammaṁ deseti pāṇinaṁ;\nTassāhaṁ santikaṁ gacchaṁ,\nso me satthā bhavissati”.","en":"But now the Blessed One, the Buddha,\nback on the bank of the Nerañjara River,\nteaches the Dhamma so that living creatures\nmay abandon all suffering.\nI shall go to his presence,\nhe shall be my Teacher.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:17","sourceIds":["thig13.3:17.1","thig13.3:17.2","thig13.3:17.3","thig13.3:17.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Vandanaṁ dāni vajjāsi,\nlokanāthaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nPadakkhiṇañca katvāna,\nādiseyyāsi dakkhiṇaṁ”.","en":"“Now please convey my respects\nto the supreme protector of the world.\nCircling him to your right,\ndedicate my religious donation.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:18","sourceIds":["thig13.3:18.1","thig13.3:18.2","thig13.3:18.3","thig13.3:18.4","thig13.3:18.5","thig13.3:18.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etaṁ kho labbhamamhehi,\nyathā bhāsasi tvañca me;\nVandanaṁ dāni te vajjaṁ,\nlokanāthaṁ anuttaraṁ;\nPadakkhiṇañca katvāna,\nādisissāmi dakkhiṇaṁ”.","en":"“This is the proper thing to do,\njust as you have said to me.\nI’ll convey your respects\nto the supreme protector of the world.\nCircling him to my right,\nI’ll dedicate your religious donation.”"}},{"id":"thig13.3:19","sourceIds":["thig13.3:19.1","thig13.3:19.2","thig13.3:19.3","thig13.3:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ca kāḷo pakkāmi,\nnadiṁ nerañjaraṁ pati;\nSo addasāsi sambuddhaṁ,\ndesentaṁ amataṁ padaṁ.","en":"Then Kāḷa set out\nback to the bank of the Nerañjara River.\nHe saw the Awakened One\nteaching the state free of death:"}},{"id":"thig13.3:20","sourceIds":["thig13.3:20.1","thig13.3:20.2","thig13.3:20.3","thig13.3:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Dukkhaṁ dukkhasamuppādaṁ,\ndukkhassa ca atikkamaṁ;\nAriyaṁ caṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\ndukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.","en":"suffering, suffering’s origin,\nsuffering’s transcendence,\nand the noble eightfold path\nthat leads to the stilling of suffering."}},{"id":"thig13.3:21","sourceIds":["thig13.3:21.1","thig13.3:21.2","thig13.3:21.3","thig13.3:21.4","thig13.3:21.5","thig13.3:21.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa pādāni vanditvā,\nKatvāna naṁ padakkhiṇaṁ;\nCāpāya ādisitvāna,\nPabbajiṁ anagāriyaṁ;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nKataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"He paid homage at his feet,\ncircling him to his right,\nand conveyed Cāpā’s dedication;\nthen he went forth to homelessness.\nHe attained the three knowledges,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thig13.3:22","sourceIds":["thig13.3:22.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Cāpā therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig13.3/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."}