Therīgāthā 1.16
Translators: sujato and soma
Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.16 Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs
Ekakanipāta
The Book of the Ones
Chapter of the Ones
Vuḍḍhapabbajitasumanātherīgāthā
Sumanā, Who Went Forth Late in Life Verses of the Elder Sumanā, Gone Forth in Old Age.
“Sukhaṁ tvaṁ vuḍḍhike sehi,
Sleep softly, old lady,
“Sleep comfortably, old one,
katvā coḷena pārutā;
wrapped in the cloth you sewed yourself;
wrapped in a rag.
Upasanto hi te rāgo,
for your desire has been quelled,
Your passion has been appeased thus:
sītibhūtāsi nibbutā”ti.
you’re cooled and quenched.
it has become cool and quenched.”
… Sumanā vuḍḍhapabbajitā therī ….
The Elder Sumanā, gone forth in old age.