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Verses of the Senior Nuns 23 थेरीगाथा 23

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Cittātherīgāthā

Pāli in Devanagari; under each word its Roman pronunciation, syllable by syllable (ṃ = nasal hum). Tap a Pāli word for its meaning (PTS Pāli-English Dictionary); tap again to open it in the Pāli dictionary.

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1

थेरीगाथाthe·rī·gā·thā 2।5

Therīgāthā 2.5

Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.5
2

दुकनिपातdu·ka·ni·pā·ta

Dukanipāta

The Book of the Twos
3

चित्ताथेरीगाथाcit·tā·the·rī·gā·thā

Cittātherīgāthā

Cittā
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“किञ्चापिkiñ·cā·pi खोम्हिkhom·hi किसिका,ki·si·kā

“Kiñcāpi khomhi kisikā,

Even though I’m skinny,
5

गिलानाgi·lā·nā बाळ्हदुब्बला;bā·ḷha·dub·ba·lā

gilānā bāḷhadubbalā;

sick, and very feeble,
6

दण्डमोलुब्भdaṇ·ḍa·mo·lub·bha गच्छामि,gac·chā·mi

Daṇḍamolubbha gacchāmi,

I climb the mountain,
7

पब्बतंpab·ba·taṃ अभिरूहिय।a·bhi·rū·hi·ya

pabbataṁ abhirūhiya.

leaning on a staff.
8

सङ्घाटिंsaṅ·ghā·ṭiṃ निक्खिपित्वान,nik·khi·pit·vā·na

Saṅghāṭiṁ nikkhipitvāna,

Having laid down my outer robe,
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पत्तकञ्चpat·ta·kañ·ca निकुज्जिय;ni·kuj·ji·ya

pattakañca nikujjiya;

and overturned my bowl,
10

सेलेse·le खम्भेसिमत्तानं,kham·bhe·si·mat·tā·naṃ

Sele khambhesimattānaṁ,

propping myself against a rock,
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तमोखन्धंta·mo·khan·dhaṃ पदालिया”ति।pa·dā·li·yā

tamokhandhaṁ padāliyā”ti.

I shattered the mass of darkness.
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… चित्ताcit·tā थेरीthe·rī …।

… Cittā therī ….

(Pāli only)

Sources. Sanskrit: Satyavedaḥ, the New Testament in Sanskrit (Calcutta Baptist Missionaries, 1851; J. Wenger’s revision of W. Carey’s version). Digital text © 2018 SanskritBible.in, via eBible.org, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; changed here: arranged by verse and every word linked to the dictionary (links made automatically). Old Testament Sanskrit: the Old Testament in Sanskrit, Calcutta Baptist Mission Press, 1848–1852 (public domain), read by OCR from the Internet Archive scans of the Boston University School of Theology copy; unproofread, with machine clean-up only. Pāli Canon: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka Buddhavasse 2500 (based on the Vipassana Research Institute’s Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana edition), from SuttaCentral bilara-data, CC0; Devanagari and pronunciation made automatically from the Roman text. Pāli English: Bhikkhu Sujato (suttas) and Bhikkhu Brahmali (Vinaya), SuttaCentral, CC0. Pāli word meanings: the Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary (Rhys Davids & Stede), corrected reprint © The Pali Text Society, CC BY-NC 3.0, digital text from BuddhaDust; word matching automatic. English: King James Version (1769), public domain; words the translators added are in italics. Word meanings and pronunciations: Monier-Williams, Sanskrit–English Dictionary (1872), via this site’s Sanskrit dictionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); English↔Sanskrit word matches made automatically and may need checking.