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Bhaddā Daughter of Kapila

Bhaddākāpilānītherīgāthā

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

  • 0.1Therīgāthā 4.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 4.1
  • 0.2CatukkanipātaThe Book of the Fours

0.3BhaddākāpilānītherīgāthāBhaddā Daughter of Kapila

1.1“Putto buddhassa dāyādo,Kassapa is the son and heir of the Buddha,1.2kassapo susamāhito;whose mind is immersed in samādhi.1.3Pubbenivāsaṁ yovedi,He who knows his past lives,1.4saggāpāyañca passati.sees heaven and places of loss,

2.1Atho jātikkhayaṁ patto,and has attained the end of rebirth:2.2abhiññāvosito muni;is a sage of perfect insight.2.3Etāhi tīhi vijjāhi,It’s because of these three knowledges2.4tevijjo hoti brāhmaṇo.that the brahmin is a master of the three knowledges.

3.1Tatheva bhaddā kāpilānī,In exactly the same way, Bhaddā daughter of Kapila3.2tevijjā maccuhāyinī;is master of the three knowledges, <j>conqueror of death.13.3Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,She bears her final body,3.4jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ.having vanquished Māra with his legions.

4.1Disvā ādīnavaṁ loke,Seeing the danger of the world,4.2ubho pabbajitā mayaṁ;both of us went forth.4.3Tyamha khīṇāsavā dantā,Now we are tamed, our defilements have ended;4.4sītibhūtamha nibbutā”ti.we’ve become cooled and quenched.

5.1… Bhaddā kāpilānī therī ….

6.1Catukkanipāto niṭṭhito.

Translator’s notes

  1. Maccuhāyi is glossed by the commentaries as either “abandoner” (Maccuhāyinanti maraṇapariccāginaṁ) or “conqueror” (maraṇābhibhū maccuhāyī). The phrase seems to be used in martial contexts where it carries a similar force to jetvā māraṁ just below.

    ↩ thig4.1:3.2