Therīgāthā 1.15
Translators: sujato and soma
Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.15 Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Chapter of the Ones
Uttarātherīgāthā
Uttarā (1st) Verses of the Elder Uttarā
“Kāyena saṁvutā āsiṁ,
I was restrained
“I was restrained in body,
vācāya uda cetasā;
in body, speech, and mind.
speech, and mind.
Samūlaṁ taṇhamabbuyha,
Having plucked out craving, root and all,
Having pulled out craving by the roots,
sītibhūtāmhi nibbutā”ti.
I’m cooled and quenched.
I have become cool and quenched.”
… Uttarā therī ….
The Elder Uttarā