Therīgāthā 1.3
Translators: sujato and soma
Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.3 Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Chapter of the Ones
Puṇṇātherīgāthā
Puṇṇā Verses of the Elder Puṇṇā
“Puṇṇe pūrassu dhammehi,
Puṇṇā, be filled with good qualities,
“Puṇṇā, grow full of good qualities,
Cando pannaraseriva;
like the moon on the fifteenth day.
like the moon on the fifteenth day.
Paripuṇṇāya paññāya,
When your wisdom is full,
Full of wisdom,
Tamokhandhaṁ padālayā”ti.
shatter the mass of darkness.
destroy this mass of darkness.”
Itthaṁ sudaṁ puṇṇā therī gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
That is how this verse was recited by the senior nun Puṇṇā.
Thus Puṇṇā the Elder spoke this verse.