Therīgāthā 1.2
Translators: sujato and soma
Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.2 Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Chapter of the Ones
Muttātherīgāthā
Muttā (1st) Verses of the Elder Muttā
“Mutte muccassu yogehi,
Muttā, be released from your yokes,
“Muttā, free yourself from bondage,
cando rāhuggahā iva;
like the moon released from the eclipse.
like the moon from Rāhu’s grasp.
Vippamuttena cittena,
When your mind is released,
And with a liberated mind,
anaṇā bhuñja piṇḍakan”ti.
enjoy your alms free of debt.
eat alms free of debt.”
Itthaṁ sudaṁ bhagavā muttaṁ sikkhamānaṁ imāya gāthāya abhiṇhaṁ ovadatīti.
That is how the Buddha regularly advised the trainee nun Muttā with these verses.
Thus the Bhagavant often exhorts the trainee Muttā with this verse.