thig3.6:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 3.6
thig3.6:0.2The Book of the Threes
thig3.6:0.3Sukkā
thig3.6:1.1“What’s up with these people in Rājagaha?
thig3.6:1.2They sprawl like they’ve been drinking mead!
thig3.6:1.3They don’t attend on Sukkā
thig3.6:1.4as she teaches the Buddha’s instructions.
thig3.6:2.1But the wise—
thig3.6:2.2it’s as if they drink it up,
thig3.6:2.3so irresistible, delectable, and nutritious,
thig3.6:2.4like travelers enjoying a cool cloud.”
thig3.6:3.1“She’s known as Sukkā because of her bright qualities,
thig3.6:3.2free of greed, serene.
thig3.6:3.3She bears her final body,
thig3.6:3.4having vanquished Māra with his legions.”