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Ubbirī

Ubbiritherīgāthā

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Therīgāthā 3.5Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.5
  • 0.2TikanipātaThe Book of the Threes

0.3UbbiritherīgāthāUbbirī

1.1“Amma jīvāti vanamhi kandasi,“You cry ‘Live, my dear mother!’ in the forest.11.2Attānaṁ adhigaccha ubbiri;Ubbirī, get a hold of yourself!1.3Cullāsītisahassāni,Eighty-four thousand people,1.4Sabbā jīvasanāmikā;all named ‘Live’,1.5Etamhāḷāhane daḍḍhā,have been burnt in this funeral ground:1.6Tāsaṁ kamanusocasi”.which one do you grieve for?”

2.1“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,2.2duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;so hard to see, stuck in the heart.2.3Yaṁ me sokaparetāya,You’ve swept away the grief for my daughter2.4dhītusokaṁ byapānudi.in which I once was mired.

3.1Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ,Today I’ve plucked the arrow,3.2Nicchātā parinibbutā;I’m hungerless, quenched.3.3Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca,I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,3.4Upemi saraṇaṁ munin”ti.to his teaching, and to the Saṅgha.”

4.1… Ubbirī therī ….

Translator’s notes

  1. In her distress, Ubbirī addresses her daughter as “mother”. The speaker of this verse, who is trying to help the distressed Ubbirī, is not named in the text, but the commentary identifies it as the Buddha.

    ↩ thig3.5:1.1