thig4.1:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 4.1
thig4.1:0.2The Book of the Fours
thig4.1:0.3Bhaddā Daughter of Kapila
thig4.1:1.1Kassapa is the son and heir of the Buddha,
thig4.1:1.2whose mind is immersed in samādhi.
thig4.1:1.3He who knows his past lives,
thig4.1:1.4sees heaven and places of loss,
thig4.1:2.1and has attained the end of rebirth:
thig4.1:2.2is a sage of perfect insight.
thig4.1:2.3It’s because of these three knowledges
thig4.1:2.4that the brahmin is a master of the three knowledges.
thig4.1:3.1In exactly the same way, Bhaddā daughter of Kapila
thig4.1:3.2is master of the three knowledges, conqueror of death.
thig4.1:3.3She bears her final body,
thig4.1:3.4having vanquished Māra with his legions.
thig4.1:4.1Seeing the danger of the world,
thig4.1:4.2both of us went forth.
thig4.1:4.3Now we are tamed, our defilements have ended;
thig4.1:4.4we’ve become cooled and quenched.