1.1“Yassa maggaṁ na jānāsi,“One whose path you do not know,1.2āgatassa gatassa vā;not whence they came nor where they went;1.3Taṁ kuto cāgataṁ sattaṁ,though they came from who knows where,1.4‘mama putto’ti rodasi.you mourn that being, crying, ‘Oh my son!’

2.1Maggañca khossa jānāsi,But one whose path you do know,2.2āgatassa gatassa vā;whence they came or where they went;2.3Na naṁ samanusocesi,that one you do not lament—2.4evaṁdhammā hi pāṇino.such is the nature of living creatures.

3.1Ayācito tatāgacchi,Unasked he came,3.2nānuññāto ito gato;he left without leave.3.3Kutoci nūna āgantvā,He must have come from somewhere,3.4vasitvā katipāhakaṁ;and stayed who knows how many days.3.5Itopi aññena gato,He left from here by one road,3.6tatopaññena gacchati.he will go from there by another.

4.1Peto manussarūpena,Departing with the form of a human,4.2saṁsaranto gamissati;he will go on transmigrating.4.3Yathāgato tathā gato,As he came, so he went:4.4kā tattha paridevanā”.why weep over that?”

5.1“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ,“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me,5.2duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ;so hard to see, stuck in the heart.5.3Yā me sokaparetāya,You’ve swept away the grief for my son,5.4puttasokaṁ byapānudi.in which I once was mired.

6.1Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ,Today I’ve plucked the arrow,6.2Nicchātā parinibbutā;I’m hungerless, quenched.6.3Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca,I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha,6.4Upemi saraṇaṁ muniṁ”.to his teaching, and to the Saṅgha.”

7.1Itthaṁ sudaṁ pañcasatamattā therī bhikkhuniyo … pe….That is how five hundred nuns declared their enlightenment.