Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.3 The Book of the Twos Sumaṅgala’s Mother (THIG2.3)

1.1

“Sumuttikā sumuttikā,

I’m well freed, well freed,

1.2

Sādhumuttikāmhi musalassa;

so very well freed from the pestle!

1.3

Ahiriko me chattakaṁ vāpi,

My shameless husband was most certainly a mushroom,

1.4

Ukkhalikā me deḍḍubhaṁ vāti.

my mortar wafted like an eel.

2.1

Rāgañca ahaṁ dosañca,

Greed and hate sizzle and hiss

2.2

Cicciṭi cicciṭīti vihanāmi;

as I squelch them.

2.3

Sā rukkhamūlamupagamma,

Having gone to the root of a tree,

2.4

Aho sukhanti sukhato jhāyāmī”ti.

I meditate happily, thinking, “Oh, what bliss!”

3.1

… Sumaṅgalamātā therī ….