1.1“Kalyāṇamittatā muninā,“Pointing out how the world works,1.2lokaṁ ādissa vaṇṇitā;the sages have praised good friendship.1.3Kalyāṇamitte bhajamāno,Associating with good friends,1.4api bālo paṇḍito assa.even a fool becomes astute.

2.1Bhajitabbā sappurisā,Associate with true persons,2.2Paññā tathā vaḍḍhati bhajantānaṁ;for that is how wisdom grows.2.3Bhajamāno sappurise,Should you associate with true persons,2.4Sabbehipi dukkhehi pamucceyya.you would be freed from all suffering.

3.1Dukkhañca vijāneyya,And you would understand suffering,3.2Dukkhassa ca samudayaṁ nirodhaṁ;its origin and cessation,3.3Aṭṭhaṅgikañca maggaṁ,the eightfold path,3.4Cattāripi ariyasaccāni”.and so the four noble truths.”

4.1“Dukkho itthibhāvo,“‘A woman’s life is painful,’4.2Akkhāto purisadammasārathinā;explained the Buddha, <j>guide for those fit to train,¹4.3Sapattikampi hi dukkhaṁ,‘and for a co-wife it’s especially so.4.4Appekaccā sakiṁ vijātāyo.After giving birth just once,

5.1Galake api kantanti,some women even cut their own throat,5.2Sukhumāliniyo visāni khādanti;while delicate ladies take poison.5.3Janamārakamajjhagatā,Being guilty of killing a person,²5.4Ubhopi byasanāni anubhonti”.they both undergo ruin.’”³

6.1“Upavijaññā gacchantī,“I was on the road, near to giving birth,6.2addasāhaṁ patiṁ mataṁ;when I saw my husband dead.6.3Panthamhi vijāyitvāna,I gave birth there on the road6.4appattāva sakaṁ gharaṁ.before I’d reached my own house.

7.1Dve puttā kālakatā,My two children have died,7.2Patī ca panthe mato kapaṇikāya;and on the road my husband lies dead—<j>oh woe is me!7.3Mātā pitā ca bhātā,Mother, father, and brother7.4Ḍayhanti ca ekacitakāyaṁ”.all burning up on the same pyre.”

8.1“Khīṇakulīne kapaṇe,“Oh woe is you whose family is lost,8.2Anubhūtaṁ te dukhaṁ aparimāṇaṁ;the suffering you have undergone has no measure;8.3Assū ca te pavattaṁ,you have been shedding tears8.4Bahūni ca jātisahassāni.for many thousands of lives.”

9.1Vasitā susānamajjhe,“While staying in the charnel ground,9.2Athopi khāditāni puttamaṁsāni;I saw my son’s flesh being eaten.9.3Hatakulikā sabbagarahitā,With my family destroyed, condemned by all,9.4Matapatikā amatamadhigacchiṁ.and my husband dead, I realized freedom from death.

10.1Bhāvito me maggo,I’ve developed the noble eightfold path10.2Ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko amatagāmī;leading to freedom from death.10.3Nibbānaṁ sacchikataṁ,I’ve realized extinguishment,10.4Dhammādāsaṁ avekkhiṁhaṁ.as seen in the mirror of the Dhamma.

11.1Ahamamhi kantasallā,I’ve plucked out the dart,11.2Ohitabhārā katañhi karaṇīyaṁ;laid down the burden, <j>and done what needed to be done.”11.3Kisā gotamī therī,The senior nun Kisāgotamī,11.4Vimuttacittā imaṁ bhaṇī”ti.her mind released, said this.

12.1… Kisā gotamī therī ….

13.1Ekādasakanipāto niṭṭhito.