Pañcakanipāta

The Book of the Fives

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Therīgāthā 5.8

Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.8

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Pañcakanipāta

The Book of the Fives

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Soṇātherīgāthā

Soṇā

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“Dasa putte vijāyitvā,

I gave birth to ten sons

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asmiṁ rūpasamussaye;

in this form, this bag of bones.

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Tatohaṁ dubbalā jiṇṇā,

Then, when feeble and old,

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bhikkhuniṁ upasaṅkamiṁ.

I approached a nun.

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Sā me dhammamadesesi,

She taught me the Dhamma:

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khandhāyatanadhātuyo;

the aggregates, sense fields, and elements.

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Tassā dhammaṁ suṇitvāna,

When I heard her teaching,

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kese chetvāna pabbajiṁ.

I shaved off my hair and went forth.

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Tassā me sikkhamānāya,

When I was a trainee nun,

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dibbacakkhu visodhitaṁ;

my clairvoyance was clarified,

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Pubbenivāsaṁ jānāmi,

and I knew my past lives,

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yattha me vusitaṁ pure.

the places I used to live.

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Animittañca bhāvemi,

I meditate on the signless,

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ekaggā susamāhitā;

my mind unified and serene.

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Anantarāvimokkhāsiṁ,

I achieved the immediate liberation,

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anupādāya nibbutā.

quenched by not grasping.

5.1

Pañcakkhandhā pariññātā,

The five aggregates are fully understood;

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tiṭṭhanti chinnamūlakā;

they remain, but their root is cut.

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Dhi tavatthu jare jamme,

Curse you, wretched old age!

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natthi dāni punabbhavo”ti.

now there’ll be no more future lives.

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… Soṇā therī ….