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Verses of the Senior Nuns 34 थेरीगाथा 34

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Sukkātherīgāthā

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. 1

    थेरीगाथाthe·rī·gā·thā 3।6

    Therīgāthā 3.6

    Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.6

  2. 2

    तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Tikanipāta

    The Book of the Threes

  3. 3

    सुक्काथेरीगाथाsuk·kā·the·rī·gā·thā

    Sukkātherīgāthā

    Sukkā

  4. 4

    “किंमेkiṃ·me कताka·tā राजगहेrā·ja·ga·he मनुस्सा,ma·nus·sā

    “Kiṁme katā rājagahe manussā,

    “What’s up with these people in Rājagaha?

  5. 5

    मधुंma·dhuṃ पीतावpī·tā·va अच्छरे;ac·cha·re

    Madhuṁ pītāva acchare;

    They sprawl like they’ve been drinking mead!

  6. 6

    येye सुक्कंsuk·kaṃ नna उपासन्ति,u·pā·san·ti

    Ye sukkaṁ na upāsanti,

    They don’t attend on Sukkā

  7. 7

    देसेन्तिंde·sen·tiṃ बुद्धसासनं।bud·dha·sā·sa·naṃ

    Desentiṁ buddhasāsanaṁ.

    as she teaches the Buddha’s instructions.

  8. 8

    तञ्चtañ·ca अप्पटिवानीयं,ap·pa·ṭi·vā·nī·yaṃ

    Tañca appaṭivānīyaṁ,

    But the wise—

  9. 9

    असेचनकमोजवं;a·se·ca·na·ka·mo·ja·vaṃ

    asecanakamojavaṁ;

    it’s as if they drink it up,

  10. 10

    पिवन्तिpi·van·ti मञ्ञेmañ·ñe सप्पञ्ञा,sap·pañ·ñā

    Pivanti maññe sappaññā,

    so irresistible, delectable, and nutritious,

  11. 11

    वलाहकमिवद्धगू।va·lā·ha·ka·mi·vad·dha·gū

    valāhakamivaddhagū.

    like travelers enjoying a cool cloud.”

  12. 12

    सुक्काsuk·kā सुक्केहिsuk·ke·hi धम्मेहि,dham·me·hi

    Sukkā sukkehi dhammehi,

    “She’s known as Sukkā because of her bright qualities,

  13. 13

    वीतरागाvī·ta·rā·gā समाहिता;sa·mā·hi·tā

    vītarāgā samāhitā;

    free of greed, serene.

  14. 14

    धारेतिdhā·re·ti अन्तिमंan·ti·maṃ देहं,de·haṃ

    Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,

    She bears her final body,

  15. 15

    जेत्वाjet·vā मारंmā·raṃ सवाहिनिन्”ति।sa·vā·hi·nin

    jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.

    having vanquished Māra with his legions.”

  16. 16

    … सुक्काsuk·kā थेरीthe·rī …।

    … Sukkā 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.