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Verses of the Senior Nuns 33 थेरीगाथा 33

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Ubbiritherīgāthā

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 3।5

Therīgāthā 3.5

Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.5
2

तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes
3

उब्बिरिथेरीगाथाub·bi·ri·the·rī·gā·thā

Ubbiritherīgāthā

Ubbirī
4

“अम्मam·ma जीवातिjī·vā·ti वनम्हिva·nam·hi कन्दसि,kan·da·si

“Amma jīvāti vanamhi kandasi,

“You cry ‘Live, my dear mother!’ in the forest.
5

अत्तानंat·tā·naṃ अधिगच्छa·dhi·gac·cha उब्बिरि;ub·bi·ri

Attānaṁ adhigaccha ubbiri;

Ubbirī, get a hold of yourself!
6

चुल्लासीतिसहस्सानि,cul·lā·sī·ti·sa·has·sā·ni

Cullāsītisahassāni,

Eighty-four thousand people,
7

सब्बाsab·bā जीवसनामिका;jī·va·sa·nā·mi·kā

Sabbā jīvasanāmikā;

all named ‘Live’,
8

एतम्हाळाहनेe·tam·hā·ḷā·ha·ne दड्ढा,daḍ·ḍhā

Etamhāḷāhane daḍḍhā,

have been burnt in this funeral ground:
9

तासंtā·saṃ कमनुसोचसि”।ka·ma·nu·so·ca·si

Tāsaṁ kamanusocasi”.

which one do you grieve for?”
10

“अब्बहीab·ba·hī वतva·ta मेme सल्लं,sal·laṃ

“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,

“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,
11

दुद्दसंdud·da·saṃ हदयस्सितं;ha·da·yas·si·taṃ

duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;

so hard to see, stuck in the heart.
12

यंyaṃ मेme सोकपरेताय,so·ka·pa·re·tā·ya

Yaṁ me sokaparetāya,

You’ve swept away the grief for my daughter
13

धीतुसोकंdhī·tu·so·kaṃ ब्यपानुदि।bya·pā·nu·di

dhītusokaṁ byapānudi.

in which I once was mired.
14

साज्जsāj·ja अब्बूळ्हसल्लाहं,ab·bū·ḷha·sal·lā·haṃ

Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ,

Today I’ve plucked the arrow,
15

निच्छाताnic·chā·tā परिनिब्बुता;pa·ri·nib·bu·tā

Nicchātā parinibbutā;

I’m hungerless, quenched.
16

बुद्धंbud·dhaṃ धम्मञ्चdham·mañ·ca सङ्घञ्च,saṅ·ghañ·ca

Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca,

I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,
17

उपेमिu·pe·mi सरणंsa·ra·ṇaṃ मुनिन्”ति।mu·nin

Upemi saraṇaṁ munin”ti.

to his teaching, and to the Saṅgha.”
18

… उब्बिरीub·bi·rī थेरीthe·rī …।

… Ubbirī 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.