{"id":"thig6.3","title":"Khemā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig6.3","title":"Khemā","units":[{"id":"thig6.3:0","sourceIds":["thig6.3:0.1","thig6.3:0.2","thig6.3:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 6.3\nChakkanipāta\nKhemātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 6.3\nThe Book of the Sixes\nKhemā"}},{"id":"thig6.3:1","sourceIds":["thig6.3:1.1","thig6.3:1.2","thig6.3:1.3","thig6.3:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Daharā tvaṁ rūpavatī,\nahampi daharo yuvā;\nPañcaṅgikena turiyena,\nehi kheme ramāmase”.","en":"“You’re so young and beautiful!\nI too am young, just a youth.\nCome, Khemā, let us enjoy\nthe music of a five-piece band.”"}},{"id":"thig6.3:2","sourceIds":["thig6.3:2.1","thig6.3:2.2","thig6.3:2.3","thig6.3:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Iminā pūtikāyena,\nāturena pabhaṅgunā;\nAṭṭiyāmi harāyāmi,\nkāmataṇhā samūhatā.","en":"“This body is rotting,\nailing and frail,\nI’m horrified and repelled by it,\nand I’ve eradicated sensual craving."}},{"id":"thig6.3:3","sourceIds":["thig6.3:3.1","thig6.3:3.2","thig6.3:3.3","thig6.3:3.4"],"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":"thig6.3:4","sourceIds":["thig6.3:4.1","thig6.3:4.2","thig6.3:4.3","thig6.3:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sabbattha vihatā nandī,\ntamokhandho padālito;\nEvaṁ jānāhi pāpima,\nnihato tvamasi antaka.","en":"Relishing is banished in every respect,\nand the mass of darkness is shattered.\nSo know this, Wicked One:\nyou’re beaten, terminator!”"}},{"id":"thig6.3:5","sourceIds":["thig6.3:5.1","thig6.3:5.2","thig6.3:5.3","thig6.3:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Nakkhattāni namassantā,\naggiṁ paricaraṁ vane;\nYathābhuccamajānantā,\nbālā suddhimamaññatha.","en":"“Worshiping the stars,\nserving the sacred flame in a grove;\nfailing to grasp the true nature of things,\nfoolish me, I thought this was purity."}},{"id":"thig6.3:6","sourceIds":["thig6.3:6.1","thig6.3:6.2","thig6.3:6.3","thig6.3:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Ahañca kho namassantī,\nsambuddhaṁ purisuttamaṁ;\nPamuttā sabbadukkhehi,\nsatthusāsanakārikā”ti.","en":"But now I worship the Awakened One,\nsupreme among men.\nDoing the Teacher’s bidding,\nI am released from all suffering.”"}},{"id":"thig6.3:7","sourceIds":["thig6.3:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Khemā therī …."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig6.3/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."}