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Pañcasatamattātherīgāthā

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थेरीगाथाthe·rī·gā·thā 6।1

Therīgāthā 6.1

Verses of the Senior Nuns 6.1
2

छक्कनिपातchak·ka·ni·pā·ta

Chakkanipāta

The Book of the Sixes
3

पञ्चसतमत्ताथेरीगाथाpañ·ca·sa·ta·mat·tā·the·rī·gā·thā

Pañcasatamattātherīgāthā

Five Hundred Students of Paṭācārā
4

“यस्सyas·sa मग्गंmag·gaṃ नna जानासि,jā·nā·si

“Yassa maggaṁ na jānāsi,

“One whose path you do not know,
5

आगतस्सā·ga·tas·sa गतस्सga·tas·sa वा;vā

āgatassa gatassa vā;

not whence they came nor where they went;
6

तंtaṃ कुतोku·to चागतंcā·ga·taṃ सत्तं,sat·taṃ

Taṁ kuto cāgataṁ sattaṁ,

though they came from who knows where,
7

‘ममma·ma पुत्तो’तिput·to रोदसि।ro·da·si

‘mama putto’ti rodasi.

you mourn that being, crying, ‘Oh my son!’
8

मग्गञ्चmag·gañ·ca खोस्सkhos·sa जानासि,jā·nā·si

Maggañca khossa jānāsi,

But one whose path you do know,
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आगतस्सā·ga·tas·sa गतस्सga·tas·sa वा;vā

āgatassa gatassa vā;

whence they came or where they went;
10

नna नंnaṃ समनुसोचेसि,sa·ma·nu·so·ce·si

Na naṁ samanusocesi,

that one you do not lament—
11

एवंधम्माe·vaṃ·dham·mā हिhi पाणिनो।pā·ṇi·no

evaṁdhammā hi pāṇino.

such is the nature of living creatures.
12

अयाचितोa·yā·ci·to ततागच्छि,ta·tā·gac·chi

Ayācito tatāgacchi,

Unasked he came,
13

नानुञ्ञातोnā·nuñ·ñā·to इतोi·to गतो;ga·to

nānuññāto ito gato;

he left without leave.
14

कुतोचिku·to·ci नूनnū·na आगन्त्वा,ā·gan·tvā

Kutoci nūna āgantvā,

He must have come from somewhere,
15

वसित्वाva·sit·vā कतिपाहकं;ka·ti·pā·ha·kaṃ

vasitvā katipāhakaṁ;

and stayed who knows how many days.
16

इतोपिi·to·pi अञ्ञेनañ·ñe·na गतो,ga·to

Itopi aññena gato,

He left from here by one road,
17

ततोपञ्ञेनta·to·pañ·ñe·na गच्छति।gac·cha·ti

tatopaññena gacchati.

he will go from there by another.
18

पेतोpe·to मनुस्सरूपेन,ma·nus·sa·rū·pe·na

Peto manussarūpena,

Departing with the form of a human,
19

संसरन्तोsaṃ·sa·ran·to गमिस्सति;ga·mis·sa·ti

saṁsaranto gamissati;

he will go on transmigrating.
20

यथागतोya·thā·ga·to तथाta·thā गतो,ga·to

Yathāgato tathā gato,

As he came, so he went:
21

काkā तत्थtat·tha परिदेवना”।pa·ri·de·va·nā

kā tattha paridevanā”.

why weep over that?”
22

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

“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,

“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,
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दुद्दसंdud·da·saṃ हदयस्सितं;ha·da·yas·si·taṃ

duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;

so hard to see, stuck in the heart.
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याyā मेme सोकपरेताय,so·ka·pa·re·tā·ya

Yā me sokaparetāya,

You’ve swept away the grief for my son,
25

पुत्तसोकंput·ta·so·kaṃ ब्यपानुदि।bya·pā·nu·di

puttasokaṁ byapānudi.

in which I once was mired.
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साज्जsāj·ja अब्बूळ्हसल्लाहं,ab·bū·ḷha·sal·lā·haṃ

Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ,

Today I’ve plucked the arrow,
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निच्छाताnic·chā·tā परिनिब्बुता;pa·ri·nib·bu·tā

Nicchātā parinibbutā;

I’m hungerless, quenched.
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बुद्धंbud·dhaṃ धम्मञ्चdham·mañ·ca सङ्घञ्च,saṅ·ghañ·ca

Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca,

I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,
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उपेमिu·pe·mi सरणंsa·ra·ṇaṃ मुनिं”।mu·niṃ

Upemi saraṇaṁ muniṁ”.

to his teaching, and to the Saṅgha.”
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इत्थंit·thaṃ सुदंsu·daṃ पञ्चसतमत्ताpañ·ca·sa·ta·mat·tā थेरीthe·rī भिक्खुनियोbhik·khu·ni·yo … पे…।pe

Itthaṁ sudaṁ pañcasatamattā therī bhikkhuniyo … pe….

That is how five hundred nuns declared their enlightenment.

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.