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Verses of the Senior Nuns 39 थेरीगाथा 39

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Vimalātherīgāthā

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 5।2

    Therīgāthā 5.2

    Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.2

  2. 2

    पञ्चकनिपातpañ·ca·ka·ni·pā·ta

    Pañcakanipāta

    The Book of the Fives

  3. 3

    विमलाथेरीगाथाvi·ma·lā·the·rī·gā·thā

    Vimalātherīgāthā

    Vimalā, the Former Courtesan

  4. 4

    “मत्ताmat·tā वण्णेनvaṇ·ṇe·na रूपेन,rū·pe·na

    “Mattā vaṇṇena rūpena,

    Intoxicated by my appearance,

  5. 5

    सोभग्गेनso·bhag·ge·na यसेनya·se·na च;ca

    sobhaggena yasena ca;

    my figure, my beauty, my fame,

  6. 6

    योब्बनेनyob·ba·ne·na चुपत्थद्धा,cu·pat·thad·dhā

    Yobbanena cupatthaddhā,

    and owing to my youth,

  7. 7

    अञ्ञासमतिमञ्ञिहं।añ·ñā·sa·ma·ti·mañ·ñi·haṃ

    aññāsamatimaññihaṁ.

    I looked down on others.

  8. 8

    विभूसेत्वाvi·bhū·set·vā इमंi·maṃ कायं,kā·yaṃ

    Vibhūsetvā imaṁ kāyaṁ,

    I adorned this body

  9. 9

    सुचित्तंsu·cit·taṃ बाललापनं;bā·la·lā·pa·naṃ

    sucittaṁ bālalāpanaṁ;

    all pretty, lamented by fools,

  10. 10

    अट्ठासिंaṭ·ṭhā·siṃ वेसिद्वारम्हि,ve·sid·vā·ram·hi

    Aṭṭhāsiṁ vesidvāramhi,

    and stood at the brothel door,

  11. 11

    लुद्दोlud·do पासमिवोड्डिय।pā·sa·mi·voḍ·ḍi·ya

    luddo pāsamivoḍḍiya.

    like a hunter setting a snare.

  12. 12

    पिळन्धनंpi·ḷan·dha·naṃ विदंसेन्ती,vi·daṃ·sen·tī

    Piḷandhanaṁ vidaṁsentī,

    I stripped for them,

  13. 13

    गुय्हंguy·haṃ पकासिकंpa·kā·si·kaṃ बहुं;ba·huṃ

    guyhaṁ pakāsikaṁ bahuṁ;

    revealing my many hidden treasures.

  14. 14

    अकासिंa·kā·siṃ विविधंvi·vi·dhaṃ मायं,mā·yaṃ

    Akāsiṁ vividhaṁ māyaṁ,

    Creating an intricate illusion,

  15. 15

    उज्जग्घन्तीuj·jag·ghan·tī बहुंba·huṃ जनं।ja·naṃ

    ujjagghantī bahuṁ janaṁ.

    I laughed, teasing those men.

  16. 16

    साज्जsāj·ja पिण्डंpiṇ·ḍaṃ चरित्वान,ca·rit·vā·na

    Sājja piṇḍaṁ caritvāna,

    Today, having wandered for alms,

  17. 17

    मुण्डाmuṇ·ḍā सङ्घाटिपारुता;saṅ·ghā·ṭi·pā·ru·tā

    muṇḍā saṅghāṭipārutā;

    my head shaven, wearing the outer robe,

  18. 18

    निसिन्नाni·sin·nā रुक्खमूलम्हि,ruk·kha·mū·lam·hi

    Nisinnā rukkhamūlamhi,

    I sat at the root of a tree to meditate;

  19. 19

    अवितक्कस्सa·vi·tak·kas·sa लाभिनी।lā·bhi·nī

    avitakkassa lābhinī.

    I’ve gained freedom from thought.

  20. 20

    सब्बेsab·be योगाyo·gā समुच्छिन्ना,sa·muc·chin·nā

    Sabbe yogā samucchinnā,

    All yokes are severed,

  21. 21

    येye दिब्बाdib·bā येye चca मानुसा;mā·nu·sā

    ye dibbā ye ca mānusā;

    both human and heavenly.

  22. 22

    खेपेत्वाkhe·pet·vā आसवेā·sa·ve सब्बे,sab·be

    Khepetvā āsave sabbe,

    Having wiped out all defilements,

  23. 23

    सीतिभूताम्हिsī·ti·bhū·tām·hi निब्बुता”ति।nib·bu·tā

    sītibhūtāmhi nibbutā”ti.

    I have become cooled and quenched.

  24. 24

    … विमलाvi·ma·lā पुराणगणिकाpu·rā·ṇa·ga·ṇi·kā थेरीthe·rī …।

    … Vimalā purāṇagaṇikā 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.