1.1“Mutte muccassu yogehi,Muttā, be released from your yokes,1.2cando rāhuggahā iva;like the moon released from the eclipse.1.3Vippamuttena cittena,When your mind is released,1.4anaṇā bhuñja piṇḍakan”ti.enjoy your alms free of debt.

2.1Itthaṁ sudaṁ bhagavā muttaṁ sikkhamānaṁ imāya gāthāya abhiṇhaṁ ovadatīti.That is how the Buddha regularly advised the trainee nun Muttā with these verses.