{"id":"thig5.6","title":"Mittākāḷī","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig5.6","title":"Mittākāḷī","units":[{"id":"thig5.6:0","sourceIds":["thig5.6:0.1","thig5.6:0.2","thig5.6:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 5.6\nPañcakanipāta\nMittākāḷītherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.6\nThe Book of the Fives\nMittākāḷī"}},{"id":"thig5.6:1","sourceIds":["thig5.6:1.1","thig5.6:1.2","thig5.6:1.3","thig5.6:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Saddhāya pabbajitvāna,\nagārasmānagāriyaṁ;\nVicariṁhaṁ tena tena,\nlābhasakkāraussukā.","en":"Having gone forth in faith\nfrom the lay life to homelessness,\nI wandered here and there,\njealous of possessions and honors."}},{"id":"thig5.6:2","sourceIds":["thig5.6:2.1","thig5.6:2.2","thig5.6:2.3","thig5.6:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Riñcitvā paramaṁ atthaṁ,\nhīnamatthaṁ asevihaṁ;\nKilesānaṁ vasaṁ gantvā,\nsāmaññatthaṁ na bujjhihaṁ.","en":"Neglecting the highest goal,\nI pursued the lowest.\nUnder the sway of corruptions,\nI never knew the goal of the ascetic life."}},{"id":"thig5.6:3","sourceIds":["thig5.6:3.1","thig5.6:3.2","thig5.6:3.3","thig5.6:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassā me ahu saṁvego,\nnisinnāya vihārake;\nUmmaggapaṭipannāmhi,\ntaṇhāya vasamāgatā.","en":"I was struck with a sense of urgency\nas I was sitting in my hut:\n“I’m walking the wrong path,\nunder the sway of craving."}},{"id":"thig5.6:4","sourceIds":["thig5.6:4.1","thig5.6:4.2","thig5.6:4.3","thig5.6:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Appakaṁ jīvitaṁ mayhaṁ,\njarā byādhi ca maddati;\nPurāyaṁ bhijjati kāyo,\nna me kālo pamajjituṁ.","en":"My life is short,\ntrampled by old age and sickness.\nBefore this body breaks apart,\nthere is no time for me to be careless.”"}},{"id":"thig5.6:5","sourceIds":["thig5.6:5.1","thig5.6:5.2","thig5.6:5.3","thig5.6:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Yathābhūtamavekkhantī,\nkhandhānaṁ udayabbayaṁ;\nVimuttacittā uṭṭhāsiṁ,\nkataṁ buddhassa sāsanan”ti.","en":"I examined in line with the truth\nthe rise and fall of the aggregates.\nI stood up with mind liberated,\nhaving fulfilled the Buddha’s instructions."}},{"id":"thig5.6:6","sourceIds":["thig5.6:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Mittā kāḷī therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig5.6/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."}