{"id":"thig5.9","title":"Bhaddā of the Curly Hair","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig5.9","title":"Bhaddā of the Curly Hair","units":[{"id":"thig5.9:0","sourceIds":["thig5.9:0.1","thig5.9:0.2","thig5.9:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 5.9\nPañcakanipāta\nBhaddākuṇḍalakesātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.9\nThe Book of the Fives\nBhaddā of the Curly Hair"}},{"id":"thig5.9:1","sourceIds":["thig5.9:1.1","thig5.9:1.2","thig5.9:1.3","thig5.9:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Lūnakesī paṅkadharī,\nekasāṭī pure cariṁ;\nAvajje vajjamatinī,\nvajje cāvajjadassinī.","en":"My hair plucked out, covered in mud,\nI used to wander wearing just one robe.\nI saw fault where there was none,\nand was blind to the actual fault."}},{"id":"thig5.9:2","sourceIds":["thig5.9:2.1","thig5.9:2.2","thig5.9:2.3","thig5.9:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Divāvihārā nikkhamma,\ngijjhakūṭamhi pabbate;\nAddasaṁ virajaṁ buddhaṁ,\nbhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ.","en":"Leaving my day’s meditation\non Vulture’s Peak Mountain,\nI saw the stainless Buddha\nat the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha."}},{"id":"thig5.9:3","sourceIds":["thig5.9:3.1","thig5.9:3.2","thig5.9:3.3","thig5.9:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nihacca jāṇuṁ vanditvā,\nsammukhā añjaliṁ akaṁ;\n‘Ehi bhadde’ti maṁ avaca,\nsā me āsūpasampadā.","en":"I bent my knee and bowed,\nand in his presence raised my cupped palms.\n“Come Bhaddā,” he said;\nthat was my ordination."}},{"id":"thig5.9:4","sourceIds":["thig5.9:4.1","thig5.9:4.2","thig5.9:4.3","thig5.9:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ciṇṇā aṅgā ca magadhā,\nvajjī kāsī ca kosalā;\nAnaṇā paṇṇāsa vassāni,\nraṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ abhuñjahaṁ.","en":"“I’ve wandered among the Aṅgans and Magadhans,\nthe Vajjis, Kāsis, and Kosalans.\nI have eaten the almsfood of the nations\nfree of debt for fifty years.”"}},{"id":"thig5.9:5","sourceIds":["thig5.9:5.1","thig5.9:5.2","thig5.9:5.3","thig5.9:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Puññaṁ vata pasavi bahuṁ,\nSappañño vatāyaṁ upāsako;\nYo bhaddāya cīvaraṁ adāsi,\nVippamuttāya sabbaganthehī”ti.","en":"“O! He has made so much merit!\nThat lay follower is so very wise.\nHe gave a robe to Bhaddā,\nwho is released from all ties.”"}},{"id":"thig5.9:6","sourceIds":["thig5.9:6.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Bhaddā kuṇḍalakesā therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig5.9/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."}