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Ubbiritherīgāthā

Ubbirī Verses of the Elder Ubbirī

“Amma jīvāti vanamhi kandasi,
“You cry ‘Live, my dear mother!’ in the forest.
“Mother, you cry in the forest for Jīvā.

Attānaṁ adhigaccha ubbiri;
Ubbirī, get a hold of yourself!
Ubbirī, come to your senses!

Cullāsītisahassāni,
Eighty-four thousand people,
Eighty-four thousand beings,

Sabbā jīvasanāmikā;
all named ‘Live’,
all with the name Jīvā,

Etamhāḷāhane daḍḍhā,
have been burnt in this funeral ground:
were burnt in that cremation ground:

Tāsaṁ kamanusocasi”.
which one do you grieve for?”
you sorrowed over all of them in the same way.”

“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,
“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,
“At last, you pulled out the thorn,

duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;
so hard to see, stuck in the heart.
difficult to see, stuck in my heart.

Yaṁ me sokaparetāya,
You’ve swept away the grief for my daughter
Losing my daughter filled me with grief,

dhītusokaṁ byapānudi.
in which I once was mired.
but now that grief is gone.

Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ,
Today I’ve plucked the arrow,
Today the thorn has been pulled out;

Nicchātā parinibbutā;
I’m hungerless, quenched.
I am free of craving, fully quenched.

Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca,
I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,
I go to the Sage for refuge

Upemi saraṇaṁ munin”ti.
to his teaching, and to the Sangha.”
in the Buddha, Dhamma, and Sangha.”

… Ubbirī therī ….
The Elder Ubbirī