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Verses of the Senior Nuns 36 थेरीगाथा 36

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Somātherīgāthā

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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थेरीगाथाthe·rī·gā·thā 3।8

Therīgāthā 3.8

Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.8
2

तिकनिपातti·ka·ni·pā·ta

Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes
3

सोमाथेरीगाथाso·mā·the·rī·gā·thā

Somātherīgāthā

Somā
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“यंyaṃ तंtaṃ इसीहिi·sī·hi पत्तब्बं,pat·tab·baṃ

“Yaṁ taṁ isīhi pattabbaṁ,

“That state’s very challenging;
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ठानंṭhā·naṃ दुरभिसम्भवं;du·ra·bhi·sam·bha·vaṃ

ṭhānaṁ durabhisambhavaṁ;

it’s for the sages to attain.
6

नna तंtaṃ द्वङ्गुलपञ्ञाय,dvaṅ·gu·la·pañ·ñā·ya

Na taṁ dvaṅgulapaññāya,

With her two-inch wisdom,
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सक्काsak·kā पप्पोतुमित्थिया”।pap·po·tu·mit·thi·yā

sakkā pappotumitthiyā”.

it’s not possible for a woman.”
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“इत्थिभावोit·thi·bhā·vo नोno किंkiṃ कयिरा,ka·yi·rā

“Itthibhāvo no kiṁ kayirā,

“What difference does womanhood make
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चित्तम्हिcit·tam·hi सुसमाहिते;su·sa·mā·hi·te

cittamhi susamāhite;

when the mind is serene,
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ञाणम्हिñā·ṇam·hi वत्तमानम्हि,vat·ta·mā·nam·hi

Ñāṇamhi vattamānamhi,

and knowledge is present
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सम्माsam·mā धम्मंdham·maṃ विपस्सतो।vi·pas·sa·to

sammā dhammaṁ vipassato.

as you rightly discern the Dhamma.
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सब्बत्थsab·bat·tha विहताvi·ha·tā नन्दी,nan·dī

Sabbattha vihatā nandī,

Relishing is banished in every respect,
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तमोखन्धोta·mo·khan·dho पदालितो;pa·dā·li·to

Tamokhandho padālito;

and the mass of darkness is shattered.
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एवंe·vaṃ जानाहिjā·nā·hi पापिम,pā·pi·ma

Evaṁ jānāhi pāpima,

So know this, Wicked One:
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निहतोni·ha·to त्वमसिtva·ma·si अन्तका”ति।an·ta·kā

Nihato tvamasi antakā”ti.

you’re beaten, terminator!”
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… सोमाso·mā थेरीthe·rī …।

… Somā therī ….

(Pāli only)
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तिकनिपातोti·ka·ni·pā·to निट्ठितो।niṭ·ṭhi·to

Tikanipāto niṭṭhito.

(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.