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Sumaṅgalamātātherīgāthā

Sumaṅgala’s Mother Verses of the Elder Sumaṅgala’s Mother

“Sumuttikā sumuttikā,
I’m well freed, well freed,
“Well released, well released,

Sādhumuttikāmhi musalassa;
so very well freed from the pestle!
I am well released and free from the pestle.

Ahiriko me chattakaṁ vāpi,
My shameless husband popped up like a mushroom,
I am shielded from my shameless husband

Ukkhalikā me deḍḍubhaṁ vāti.
my mortar wafted like eels.
and from the kettle that hisses like a water snake.

Rāgañca ahaṁ dosañca,
Greed and hate sizzle and hiss
Hiss! Hiss! I destroy

Cicciṭi cicciṭīti vihanāmi;
as I squelch them.
passion and aversion.

Sā rukkhamūlamupagamma,
Having gone to the root of a tree,
Having gone to the root of a tree,

Aho sukhanti sukhato jhāyāmī”ti.
I meditate happily, thinking, “Oh, what bliss!”
‘O bliss!’ I happily meditate.”

… Sumaṅgalamātā therī ….
The Elder Sumaṅgala’s Mother