thig5.9:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 5.9
thig5.9:0.2The Book of the Fives
thig5.9:0.3Bhaddā of the Curly Hair
thig5.9:1.1My hair plucked out, covered in mud,
thig5.9:1.2I used to wander wearing just one robe.
thig5.9:1.3I saw fault where there was none,
thig5.9:1.4and was blind to the actual fault.
thig5.9:2.1Leaving my day’s meditation
thig5.9:2.2on Vulture’s Peak Mountain,
thig5.9:2.3I saw the stainless Buddha
thig5.9:2.4at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha.
thig5.9:3.1I bent my knee and bowed,
thig5.9:3.2and in his presence raised my cupped palms.
thig5.9:3.3“Come Bhaddā,” he said;
thig5.9:3.4that was my ordination.
thig5.9:4.1“I’ve wandered among the Aṅgans and Magadhans,
thig5.9:4.2the Vajjis, Kāsis, and Kosalans.
thig5.9:4.3I have eaten the almsfood of the nations
thig5.9:4.4free of debt for fifty years.”
thig5.9:5.1“O! He has made so much merit!
thig5.9:5.2That lay follower is so very wise.
thig5.9:5.3He gave a robe to Bhaddā,
thig5.9:5.4who is released from all ties.”