Thig 10.1 · Kisāgotamī
Thig 10.1 · Kisāgotamītherīgāthā
“Pointing out how the world works,the sages have praised good friendship.Associating with good friends,even a fool becomes astute.
“Kalyāṇamittatā muninā,lokaṁ ādissa vaṇṇitā;Kalyāṇamitte bhajamāno,api bālo paṇḍito assa.
Associate with true persons,for that is how wisdom grows.Should you associate with true persons,you would be freed from all suffering.
Bhajitabbā sappurisā,Paññā tathā vaḍḍhati bhajantānaṁ;Bhajamāno sappurise,Sabbehipi dukkhehi pamucceyya.
And you would understand suffering,its origin and cessation,the eightfold path,and so the four noble truths.”
Dukkhañca vijāneyya,Dukkhassa ca samudayaṁ nirodhaṁ;Aṭṭhaṅgikañca maggaṁ,Cattāripi ariyasaccāni”.
“‘A woman’s life is painful,’explained the Buddha, <j>guide for those fit to train,‘and for a co-wife it’s especially so.After giving birth just once,
“Dukkho itthibhāvo,Akkhāto purisadammasārathinā;Sapattikampi hi dukkhaṁ,Appekaccā sakiṁ vijātāyo.
some women even cut their own throat,while delicate ladies take poison.Being guilty of killing a person,they both undergo ruin.’”
Galake api kantanti,Sukhumāliniyo visāni khādanti;Janamārakamajjhagatā,Ubhopi byasanāni anubhonti”.
“I was on the road, near to giving birth,when I saw my husband dead.I gave birth there on the roadbefore I’d reached my own house.
“Upavijaññā gacchantī,addasāhaṁ patiṁ mataṁ;Panthamhi vijāyitvāna,appattāva sakaṁ gharaṁ.
My two children have died,and on the road my husband lies dead—<j>oh woe is me!Mother, father, and brotherall burning up on the same pyre.”
Dve puttā kālakatā,Patī ca panthe mato kapaṇikāya;Mātā pitā ca bhātā,Ḍayhanti ca ekacitakāyaṁ”.
“Oh woe is you whose family is lost,the suffering you have undergone has no measure;you have been shedding tearsfor many thousands of lives.”
“Khīṇakulīne kapaṇe,Anubhūtaṁ te dukhaṁ aparimāṇaṁ;Assū ca te pavattaṁ,Bahūni ca jātisahassāni.
“While staying in the charnel ground,I saw my son’s flesh being eaten.With my family destroyed, condemned by all,and my husband dead, I realized freedom from death.
Vasitā susānamajjhe,Athopi khāditāni puttamaṁsāni;Hatakulikā sabbagarahitā,Matapatikā amatamadhigacchiṁ.
I’ve developed the noble eightfold pathleading to freedom from death.I’ve realized extinguishment,as seen in the mirror of the Dhamma.
Bhāvito me maggo,Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko amatagāmī;Nibbānaṁ sacchikataṁ,Dhammādāsaṁ avekkhiṁhaṁ.
I’ve plucked out the dart,laid down the burden, <j>and done what needed to be done.”The senior nun Kisāgotamī,her mind released, said this.
Ahamamhi kantasallā,Ohitabhārā katañhi karaṇīyaṁ;Kisā gotamī therī,Vimuttacittā imaṁ bhaṇī”ti.
… Kisā gotamī therī ….
Ekādasakanipāto niṭṭhito.