{"id":"thig13.4","title":"Sundarī","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig13.4","title":"Sundarī","units":[{"id":"thig13.4:0","sourceIds":["thig13.4:0.1","thig13.4:0.2","thig13.4:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 13.4\nVīsatinipāta\nSundarītherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 13.4\nThe Book of the Twenties\nSundarī"}},{"id":"thig13.4:1","sourceIds":["thig13.4:1.1","thig13.4:1.2","thig13.4:1.3","thig13.4:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Petāni bhoti puttāni,\nkhādamānā tuvaṁ pure;\nTuvaṁ divā ca ratto ca,\natīva paritappasi.","en":"“Before, worthy lady, when feeding\nyour departed children,\nyou’d be racked with despair\nall day and all night."}},{"id":"thig13.4:2","sourceIds":["thig13.4:2.1","thig13.4:2.2","thig13.4:2.3","thig13.4:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sājja sabbāni khāditvā,\nsataputtāni brāhmaṇī;\nVāseṭṭhi kena vaṇṇena,\nna bāḷhaṁ paritappasi”.","en":"Today, brahmin lady, you have fed\nall seven children.\nVāseṭṭhī, how do you explain why\nyou’re not so filled with despair?”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:3","sourceIds":["thig13.4:3.1","thig13.4:3.2","thig13.4:3.3","thig13.4:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Bahūni puttasatāni,\nñātisaṅghasatāni ca;\nKhāditāni atītaṁse,\nmama tuyhañca brāhmaṇa.","en":"“Many hundreds of children,\nhundreds of family circles,\nboth mine and yours, brahmin,\nhave been fed in the past."}},{"id":"thig13.4:4","sourceIds":["thig13.4:4.1","thig13.4:4.2","thig13.4:4.3","thig13.4:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sāhaṁ nissaraṇaṁ ñatvā,\njātiyā maraṇassa ca;\nNa socāmi na rodāmi,\nna cāpi paritappayiṁ”.","en":"Having known the escape\nfrom rebirth and death\nI neither grieve nor lament,\nnor do I despair.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:5","sourceIds":["thig13.4:5.1","thig13.4:5.2","thig13.4:5.3","thig13.4:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Abbhutaṁ vata vāseṭṭhi,\nvācaṁ bhāsasi edisiṁ;\nKassa tvaṁ dhammamaññāya,\ngiraṁ bhāsasi edisiṁ”.","en":"“Wow, Vaseṭṭhī, the words you speak\nreally are amazing!\nWhose teaching did you understand\nthat you say these things?”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:6","sourceIds":["thig13.4:6.1","thig13.4:6.2","thig13.4:6.3","thig13.4:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Esa brāhmaṇa sambuddho,\nnagaraṁ mithilaṁ pati;\nSabbadukkhappahānāya,\ndhammaṁ desesi pāṇinaṁ.","en":"“Brahmin, the Awakened One\nback at the city of Mithilā,\nteaches the Dhamma so that living creatures\nmay abandon all suffering."}},{"id":"thig13.4:7","sourceIds":["thig13.4:7.1","thig13.4:7.2","thig13.4:7.3","thig13.4:7.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassa brahme arahato,\ndhammaṁ sutvā nirūpadhiṁ;\nTattha viññātasaddhammā,\nputtasokaṁ byapānudiṁ”.","en":"After hearing the perfected one’s teaching,\nbrahmin, which is free of all attachments,\nhaving understood the true teaching there,\nI’ve cast aside grief for children.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:8","sourceIds":["thig13.4:8.1","thig13.4:8.2","thig13.4:8.3","thig13.4:8.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“So ahampi gamissāmi,\nnagaraṁ mithilaṁ pati;\nAppeva maṁ so bhagavā,\nsabbadukkhā pamocaye”.","en":"“I too shall go\nto the city of Mithilā.\nHopefully the Buddha may release me\nfrom all suffering.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:9","sourceIds":["thig13.4:9.1","thig13.4:9.2","thig13.4:9.3","thig13.4:9.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Addasa brāhmaṇo buddhaṁ,\nvippamuttaṁ nirūpadhiṁ;\nSvassa dhammamadesesi,\nmuni dukkhassa pāragū.","en":"The brahmin saw the Buddha,\nliberated, free of attachments.\nHe taught him the Dhamma,\nthe sage gone beyond suffering:"}},{"id":"thig13.4:10","sourceIds":["thig13.4:10.1","thig13.4:10.2","thig13.4:10.3","thig13.4:10.4"],"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":"thig13.4:11","sourceIds":["thig13.4:11.1","thig13.4:11.2","thig13.4:11.3","thig13.4:11.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tattha viññātasaddhammo,\npabbajjaṁ samarocayi;\nSujāto tīhi rattīhi,\ntisso vijjā aphassayi.","en":"Having understood the true teaching there,\nhe chose to go forth.\nThree days later\nSujāta realized the three knowledges."}},{"id":"thig13.4:12","sourceIds":["thig13.4:12.1","thig13.4:12.2","thig13.4:12.3","thig13.4:12.4","thig13.4:12.5","thig13.4:12.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Ehi sārathi gacchāhi,\nrathaṁ niyyādayāhimaṁ;\nĀrogyaṁ brāhmaṇiṁ vajja,\n‘pabbaji dāni brāhmaṇo;\nSujāto tīhi rattīhi,\ntisso vijjā aphassayi’”.","en":"“Please, charioteer, go;\ntake back this carriage.\nBidding my brahmin lady good health, say:\n‘The brahmin has now gone forth.\nAfter three days,\nSujāta realized the three knowledges.’”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:13","sourceIds":["thig13.4:13.1","thig13.4:13.2","thig13.4:13.3","thig13.4:13.4","thig13.4:13.5","thig13.4:13.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tato ca rathamādāya,\nsahassañcāpi sārathi;\nĀrogyaṁ brāhmaṇiṁvoca,\n“pabbaji dāni brāhmaṇo;\nSujāto tīhi rattīhi,\ntisso vijjā aphassayi”.","en":"Then taking the carriage,\nalong with a thousand coins, the charioteer\nbade the brahmin lady good health, and said:\n“The brahmin has now gone forth.\nAfter three days,\nSujāta realized the three knowledges.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:14","sourceIds":["thig13.4:14.1","thig13.4:14.2","thig13.4:14.3","thig13.4:14.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Etañcāhaṁ assarathaṁ,\nsahassañcāpi sārathi;\nTevijjaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ sutvā,\npuṇṇapattaṁ dadāmi te”.","en":"Hearing that the brahmin had the three knowledges, the lady replied:\n“I present to you this horse and carriage,\nO charioteer, along with 1000 coins,\nand a full bowl as a gift.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:15","sourceIds":["thig13.4:15.1","thig13.4:15.2","thig13.4:15.3","thig13.4:15.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tuyheva hotvassaratho,\nsahassañcāpi brāhmaṇi;\nAhampi pabbajissāmi,\nvarapaññassa santike”.","en":"“Keep the horse and carriage, lady,\nalong with the thousand coins.\nI too shall go forth in his presence,\nthe one of such outstanding wisdom.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:16","sourceIds":["thig13.4:16.1","thig13.4:16.2","thig13.4:16.3","thig13.4:16.4","thig13.4:16.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Hatthī gavassaṁ maṇikuṇḍalañca,\nPhītañcimaṁ gahavibhavaṁ pahāya;\nPitā pabbajito tuyhaṁ,\nBhuñja bhogāni sundarī;\nTuvaṁ dāyādikā kule”.","en":"“Elephants, cattle, jeweled earrings,\nsuch opulent domestic worth:\nhaving given it up, your father went forth,\nenjoy these riches Sundarī,\nyou are the family heir.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:17","sourceIds":["thig13.4:17.1","thig13.4:17.2","thig13.4:17.3","thig13.4:17.4","thig13.4:17.5","thig13.4:17.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Hatthī gavassaṁ maṇikuṇḍalañca,\nRammaṁ cimaṁ gahavibhavaṁ pahāya;\nPitā pabbajito mayhaṁ,\nPuttasokena aṭṭito;\nAhampi pabbajissāmi,\nBhātusokena aṭṭitā”.","en":"“Elephants, cattle, jeweled earrings,\nsuch delightful domestic worth:\nhaving given it up, my father went forth,\nracked by grief for his son.\nI too shall go forth,\nracked by grief for my brother.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:18","sourceIds":["thig13.4:18.1","thig13.4:18.2","thig13.4:18.3","thig13.4:18.4","thig13.4:18.5","thig13.4:18.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“So te ijjhatu saṅkappo,\nyaṁ tvaṁ patthesi sundarī;\nUttiṭṭhapiṇḍo uñcho ca,\npaṁsukūlañca cīvaraṁ;\nEtāni abhisambhontī,\nparaloke anāsavā”.","en":"“Sundarī, may the wish you desire\ncome true.\nLeftovers as gleanings,\nand cast-off rags as robes—\nmake do with these,\nfree of defilements regarding the next life.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:19","sourceIds":["thig13.4:19.1","thig13.4:19.2","thig13.4:19.3","thig13.4:19.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sikkhamānāya me ayye,\ndibbacakkhu visodhitaṁ;\nPubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,\nyattha me vusitaṁ pure.","en":"“Ma’am, while I am still a trainee nun,\nmy clairvoyance is clarified;\nI know my past lives,\nthe places I used to live."}},{"id":"thig13.4:20","sourceIds":["thig13.4:20.1","thig13.4:20.2","thig13.4:20.3","thig13.4:20.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tuvaṁ nissāya kalyāṇi,\ntheri saṅghassa sobhane;\nTisso vijjā anuppattā,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanaṁ.","en":"Relying on a fine lady like you,\na senior nun who graces the Saṅgha,\nI’ve attained the three knowledges,\nand fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thig13.4:21","sourceIds":["thig13.4:21.1","thig13.4:21.2","thig13.4:21.3","thig13.4:21.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Anujānāhi me ayye,\nicche sāvatthi gantave;\nSīhanādaṁ nadissāmi,\nbuddhaseṭṭhassa santike”.","en":"Give me permission ma’am,\nI wish to go to Sāvatthī,\nwhere I shall roar my lion’s roar\nbefore the best of Buddhas.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:22","sourceIds":["thig13.4:22.1","thig13.4:22.2","thig13.4:22.3","thig13.4:22.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Passa sundari satthāraṁ,\nhemavaṇṇaṁ harittacaṁ;\nAdantānaṁ dametāraṁ,\nsambuddhamakutobhayaṁ”.","en":"“Sundarī, see the Teacher!\nSnow gold in tint, with sun-golden skin;\ntamer of the untamed,\nthe Awakened One who fears nothing from any quarter.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:23","sourceIds":["thig13.4:23.1","thig13.4:23.2","thig13.4:23.3","thig13.4:23.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Passa sundarimāyantiṁ,\nvippamuttaṁ nirūpadhiṁ;\nVītarāgaṁ visaṁyuttaṁ,\nkatakiccamanāsavaṁ.","en":"“See Sundarī coming,\nliberated, free of attachments.\ndesireless, detached,\nher task completed, without defilements.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:24","sourceIds":["thig13.4:24.1","thig13.4:24.2","thig13.4:24.3","thig13.4:24.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bārāṇasito nikkhamma,\ntava santikamāgatā;\nSāvikā te mahāvīra,\npāde vandati sundarī.","en":"“Having set forth from Varanasi\nand come to your presence, great hero,\nyour disciple Sundarī\nbows at your feet."}},{"id":"thig13.4:25","sourceIds":["thig13.4:25.1","thig13.4:25.2","thig13.4:25.3","thig13.4:25.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tuvaṁ buddho tuvaṁ satthā,\ntuyhaṁ dhītāmhi brāhmaṇa;\nOrasā mukhato jātā,\nkatakiccā anāsavā”.","en":"You are the Buddha, you are the Teacher,\nI am your bosom daughter, brahmin,\nborn of your mouth.\nI’ve completed the task and am free of defilements.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:26","sourceIds":["thig13.4:26.1","thig13.4:26.2","thig13.4:26.3","thig13.4:26.4","thig13.4:26.5","thig13.4:26.6"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Tassā te svāgataṁ bhadde,\ntato te adurāgataṁ;\nEvañhi dantā āyanti,\nsatthu pādāni vandikā;\nVītarāgā visaṁyuttā,\nkatakiccā anāsavā”.","en":"“Then welcome, good lady,\nyou’re by no means unwelcome.\nFor this is how the tamed come\nbowing at the Teacher’s feet;\ndesireless, detached,\nthe task completed, without defilements.”"}},{"id":"thig13.4:27","sourceIds":["thig13.4:27.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Sundarī therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig13.4/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."}