Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.1 The Book of the Ones An Unnamed Nun (1st) (THIG1.1)

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Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.

Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!

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“Sukhaṁ supāhi therike,

Sleep softly, little nun,

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Katvā coḷena pārutā;

wrapped in the cloth you sewed yourself;

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Upasanto hi te rāgo,

for your desire has been quelled,

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Sukkhaḍākaṁ va kumbhiyan”ti.

like vegetables boiled dry in a pot.

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Itthaṁ sudaṁ aññatarā therī apaññātā bhikkhunī gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.

That is how this verse was recited by a certain unnamed nun.