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