Sumaṅgalamātātherīgāthā

Therīgāthā 2.3

Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.3

Dukanipāta

The Book of the Twos

Sumaṅgalamātātherīgāthā

Sumaṅgala’s Mother

“Sumuttikā sumuttikā,

I’m well freed, well freed,

Sādhumuttikāmhi musalassa;

so very well freed from the pestle!

Ahiriko me chattakaṁ vāpi,

My shameless husband was most certainly a mushroom,

Ukkhalikā me deḍḍubhaṁ vāti.

my mortar wafted like an eel.

Rāgañca ahaṁ dosañca,

Greed and hate sizzle and hiss

Cicciṭi cicciṭīti vihanāmi;

as I squelch them.

Sā rukkhamūlamupagamma,

Having gone to the root of a tree,

Aho sukhanti sukhato jhāyāmī”ti.

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

… Sumaṅgalamātā therī ….