Therigatha - The Verses of the Elder Nuns
Chapter 4: The Book of the Fours
- © Translated from the Pali by Bhante Sujato and Jessica Walton. (More copyright information)
Bhaddā Daughter of Kapila
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Kassapa is the son and heir of the Buddha,
whose mind is immersed in samādhi.
He knows his past lives,
he sees heaven and places of loss,
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and has attained the end of rebirth:
that sage has perfect insight.
It’s because of these three knowledges
that the brahmin is a master of the three knowledges.
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In exactly the same way, Bhaddā daughter of Kapila
is master of the three knowledges, conqueror of death.
She bears her final body,
having vanquished Māra and his mount.
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Seeing the danger of the world,
both of us went forth.
Now we are tamed, our defilements have ended;
we’ve become cooled and quenched.
Bhaddākāpilānītherīgāthā
63p_19Th2_103"Putto buddhassa dāyādo,
kassapo susamāhito;
Pubbenivāsaṁ yovedi,
saggāpāyañca passati.
64p_19Th2_104Atho jātikkhayaṁ patto,
abhiññāvosito muni;
Etāhi tīhi vijjāhi,
tevijjo hoti brāhmaṇo.
65p_19Th2_105Tatheva bhaddā kāpilānī,
tevijjā maccuhāyinī;
Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,
jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.
66p_19Th2_106Disvā ādīnavaṁ loke,
ubho pabbajitā mayaṁ;
Tyamha khīṇāsavā dantā,
sītibhūtamha nibbutā"ti.