Therīgāthā 1.11
Translators: soma and sujato
Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.11
Ekakanipāta
Chapter of the Ones
The Book of the Ones
Muttātherīgāthā
Verses of the Elder Muttā Muttā (2nd)
“Sumuttā sādhumuttāmhi,
“I am well released and fully free,
I’m well freed, so very well freed,
tīhi khujjehi muttiyā;
free from the three deceits—
freed from the three things that humped me:
Udukkhalena musalena,
the mortar, the pestle,
the mortar, the pestle,
patinā khujjakena ca;
and the deceitful husband.
and my humpbacked husband.
Muttāmhi jātimaraṇā,
I am free from birth and death;
I’m freed from birth and death;
bhavanetti samūhatā”ti.
I have uprooted that which leads to any state of existence.”
the conduit to rebirth is eradicated.
… Muttā therī ….
The Elder Muttā