Dukanipāta

The Book of the Twos

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Therīgāthā 2.3

Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.3

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Dukanipāta

The Book of the Twos

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Sumaṅgalamātātherīgāthā

Sumaṅgala’s Mother

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“Sumuttikā sumuttikā,

I’m well freed, well freed,

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Sādhumuttikāmhi musalassa;

so very well freed from the pestle!

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Ahiriko me chattakaṁ vāpi,

My shameless husband was most certainly a mushroom,

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Ukkhalikā me deḍḍubhaṁ vāti.

my mortar wafted like an eel.

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Rāgañca ahaṁ dosañca,

Greed and hate sizzle and hiss

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Cicciṭi cicciṭīti vihanāmi;

as I squelch them.

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Sā rukkhamūlamupagamma,

Having gone to the root of a tree,

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Aho sukhanti sukhato jhāyāmī”ti.

I meditate happily, thinking, “Oh, what bliss!”

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… Sumaṅgalamātā therī ….