{"id":"thig6.8","title":"Vijayā","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"thig6.8","title":"Vijayā","units":[{"id":"thig6.8:0","sourceIds":["thig6.8:0.1","thig6.8:0.2","thig6.8:0.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Therīgāthā 6.8\nChakkanipāta\nVijayātherīgāthā","en":"Verses of the Senior Nuns 6.8\nThe Book of the Sixes\nVijayā"}},{"id":"thig6.8:1","sourceIds":["thig6.8:1.1","thig6.8:1.2","thig6.8:1.3","thig6.8:1.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Catukkhattuṁ pañcakkhattuṁ,\nvihārā upanikkhamiṁ;\nAladdhā cetaso santiṁ,\ncitte avasavattinī.","en":"Four or five times\nI left my dwelling;\nI had failed to find peace of heart,\nor any control over my mind."}},{"id":"thig6.8:2","sourceIds":["thig6.8:2.1","thig6.8:2.2","thig6.8:2.3","thig6.8:2.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Bhikkhuniṁ upasaṅkamma,\nsakkaccaṁ paripucchahaṁ;\nSā me dhammamadesesi,\ndhātuāyatanāni ca.","en":"I approached a nun\nand politely questioned her.\nShe taught me the Dhamma:\nthe elements and sense fields,"}},{"id":"thig6.8:3","sourceIds":["thig6.8:3.1","thig6.8:3.2","thig6.8:3.3","thig6.8:3.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Cattāri ariyasaccāni,\nindriyāni balāni ca;\nBojjhaṅgaṭṭhaṅgikaṁ maggaṁ,\nuttamatthassa pattiyā.","en":"the four noble truths,\nthe faculties and the powers,\nthe awakening factors, and the eightfold path\nfor the attainment of the highest goal."}},{"id":"thig6.8:4","sourceIds":["thig6.8:4.1","thig6.8:4.2","thig6.8:4.3","thig6.8:4.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tassāhaṁ vacanaṁ sutvā,\nkarontī anusāsaniṁ;\nRattiyā purime yāme,\npubbajātimanussariṁ.","en":"After hearing her words,\nI did her bidding.\nIn the first watch of the night,\nI recollected my past lives."}},{"id":"thig6.8:5","sourceIds":["thig6.8:5.1","thig6.8:5.2","thig6.8:5.3","thig6.8:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Rattiyā majjhime yāme,\ndibbacakkhuṁ visodhayiṁ;\nRattiyā pacchime yāme,\ntamokhandhaṁ padālayiṁ.","en":"In the middle watch of the night,\nI purified my clairvoyance.\nIn the last watch of the night,\nI shattered the mass of darkness."}},{"id":"thig6.8:6","sourceIds":["thig6.8:6.1","thig6.8:6.2","thig6.8:6.3","thig6.8:6.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Pītisukhena ca kāyaṁ,\nPharitvā vihariṁ tadā;\nSattamiyā pāde pasāresiṁ,\nTamokhandhaṁ padāliyā”ti.","en":"I then meditated pervading my body\nwith rapture and bliss.\nOn the seventh day I stretched out my feet,\nhaving shattered the mass of darkness."}},{"id":"thig6.8:7","sourceIds":["thig6.8:7.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"… Vijayā therī …."}},{"id":"thig6.8:8","sourceIds":["thig6.8:8.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Chakkanipāto niṭṭhito."}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/thig6.8/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."}