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Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.1 Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs

Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Chapter of the Ones

Aññatarātherīgāthā

An Unnamed Nun (1st) Verses of a Certain Unknown Elder

Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.
Homage to that Blessed One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!
Homage to the Bhagavant, the Arahant, the Sammāsambuddha.

“Sukhaṁ supāhi therike,
Sleep softly, little nun,
“Sleep with ease, Elder,

Katvā coḷena pārutā;
wrapped in the cloth you sewed yourself;
wrapped in a rag.

Upasanto hi te rāgo,
for your desire has been quelled,
Your passion has been appeased

Sukkhaḍākaṁ va kumbhiyan”ti.
like vegetables boiled dry in a pot.
like a dry vegetable in a pot.”

Itthaṁ sudaṁ aññatarā therī apaññātā bhikkhunī gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
That is how this verse was recited by a certain unnamed nun.
Thus a certain unknown Elder Bhikkhunī spoke this verse.