Muttātherīgāthā

Therīgāthā 1.11

Verses of the Senior Nuns 1.11

Ekakanipāta

The Book of the Ones

Muttātherīgāthā

Muttā (2nd)

“Sumuttā sādhumuttāmhi,

I’m well freed, so very well freed,

tīhi khujjehi muttiyā;

freed from the three things that humped me:

Udukkhalena musalena,

the mortar, the pestle,

patinā khujjakena ca;

and my humpbacked husband.

Muttāmhi jātimaraṇā,

I’m freed from birth and death;

bhavanetti samūhatā”ti.

the leash to existence is eradicated.

… Muttā therī ….