{"id":"thig3.7","title":"Selā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig3.7","title":"Selā","units":[{"id":"thig3.7:0","sourceIds":["thig3.7:0.1","thig3.7:0.2","thig3.7:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 3.7\nTikanipāta\nSelātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.7\nThe Book of the Threes\nSelā"}},{"id":"thig3.7:1","sourceIds":["thig3.7:1.1","thig3.7:1.2","thig3.7:1.3","thig3.7:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Natthi nissaraṇaṁ loke,\nkiṁ vivekena kāhasi;\nBhuñjāhi kāmaratiyo,\nmāhu pacchānutāpinī”.","en":"“There’s no escape in the world,\nso what will seclusion do for you?\nEnjoy erotic delights;\ndon’t regret it later.”"}},{"id":"thig3.7:2","sourceIds":["thig3.7:2.1","thig3.7:2.2","thig3.7:2.3","thig3.7:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sattisūlūpamā kāmā,\nkhandhāsaṁ adhikuṭṭanā;\nYaṁ tvaṁ ‘kāmaratiṁ’ brūsi,\n‘aratī’ 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":"thig3.7:3","sourceIds":["thig3.7:3.1","thig3.7:3.2","thig3.7:3.3","thig3.7:3.4"],"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":"thig3.7:4","sourceIds":["thig3.7:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Selā therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig3.7/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."}