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Verses of the Senior Nuns 46 थेरीगाथा 46

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Bhaddākuṇḍalakesātherīgāthā

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1

थेरीगाथाthe·rī·gā·thā 5।9

Therīgāthā 5.9

Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.9
2

पञ्चकनिपातpañ·ca·ka·ni·pā·ta

Pañcakanipāta

The Book of the Fives
3

भद्दाकुण्डलकेसाथेरीगाथाbhad·dā·kuṇ·ḍa·la·ke·sā·the·rī·gā·thā

Bhaddākuṇḍalakesātherīgāthā

Bhaddā of the Curly Hair
4

“लूनकेसीlū·na·ke·sī पङ्कधरी,paṅ·ka·dha·rī

“Lūnakesī paṅkadharī,

My hair plucked out, covered in mud,
5

एकसाटीe·ka·sā·ṭī पुरेpu·re चरिं;ca·riṃ

ekasāṭī pure cariṁ;

I used to wander wearing just one robe.
6

अवज्जेa·vaj·je वज्जमतिनी,vaj·ja·ma·ti·nī

Avajje vajjamatinī,

I saw fault where there was none,
7

वज्जेvaj·je चावज्जदस्सिनी।cā·vaj·ja·das·si·nī

vajje cāvajjadassinī.

and was blind to the actual fault.
8

दिवाविहाराdi·vā·vi·hā·rā निक्खम्म,nik·kham·ma

Divāvihārā nikkhamma,

Leaving my day’s meditation
9

गिज्झकूटम्हिgij·jha·kū·ṭam·hi पब्बते;pab·ba·te

gijjhakūṭamhi pabbate;

on Vulture’s Peak Mountain,
10

अद्दसंad·da·saṃ विरजंvi·ra·jaṃ बुद्धं,bud·dhaṃ

Addasaṁ virajaṁ buddhaṁ,

I saw the stainless Buddha
11

भिक्खुसङ्घपुरक्खतं।bhik·khu·saṅ·gha·pu·rak·kha·taṃ

bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ.

at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha.
12

निहच्चni·hac·ca जाणुंjā·ṇuṃ वन्दित्वा,van·dit·vā

Nihacca jāṇuṁ vanditvā,

I bent my knee and bowed,
13

सम्मुखाsam·mu·khā अञ्जलिंañ·ja·liṃ अकं;a·kaṃ

sammukhā añjaliṁ akaṁ;

and in his presence raised my cupped palms.
14

‘एहिe·hi भद्दे’तिbhad·de मंmaṃ अवच,a·va·ca

‘Ehi bhadde’ti maṁ avaca,

“Come Bhaddā,” he said;
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साsā मेme आसूपसम्पदा।ā·sū·pa·sam·pa·dā

sā me āsūpasampadā.

that was my ordination.
16

चिण्णाciṇ·ṇā अङ्गाaṅ·gā चca मगधा,ma·ga·dhā

Ciṇṇā aṅgā ca magadhā,

“I’ve wandered among the Aṅgans and Magadhans,
17

वज्जीvaj·jī कासीkā·sī चca कोसला;ko·sa·lā

vajjī kāsī ca kosalā;

the Vajjis, Kāsis, and Kosalans.
18

अनणाa·na·ṇā पण्णासpaṇ·ṇā·sa वस्सानि,vas·sā·ni

Anaṇā paṇṇāsa vassāni,

I have eaten the almsfood of the nations
19

रट्ठपिण्डंraṭ·ṭha·piṇ·ḍaṃ अभुञ्जहं।a·bhuñ·ja·haṃ

raṭṭhapiṇḍaṁ abhuñjahaṁ.

free of debt for fifty years.”
20

पुञ्ञंpuñ·ñaṃ वतva·ta पसविpa·sa·vi बहुं,ba·huṃ

Puññaṁ vata pasavi bahuṁ,

“O! He has made so much merit!
21

सप्पञ्ञोsap·pañ·ño वतायंva·tā·yaṃ उपासको;u·pā·sa·ko

Sappañño vatāyaṁ upāsako;

That lay follower is so very wise.
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योyo भद्दायbhad·dā·ya चीवरंcī·va·raṃ अदासि,a·dā·si

Yo bhaddāya cīvaraṁ adāsi,

He gave a robe to Bhaddā,
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विप्पमुत्तायvip·pa·mut·tā·ya सब्बगन्थेही”ति।sab·ba·gan·the·hī

Vippamuttāya sabbaganthehī”ti.

who is released from all ties.”
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… भद्दाbhad·dā कुण्डलकेसाkuṇ·ḍa·la·ke·sā थेरीthe·rī …।

… Bhaddā kuṇḍalakesā 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.