thig6.2:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 6.2
thig6.2:0.2The Book of the Sixes
thig6.2:0.3Vāseṭṭhī
thig6.2:1.1Struck down with grief for my son,
thig6.2:1.2deranged, out of my mind,
thig6.2:1.3nude, my hair flying,
thig6.2:1.4I wandered here and there.
thig6.2:2.1I lived on rubbish heaps,
thig6.2:2.2in cemeteries and highways.
thig6.2:2.3For three years I wandered,
thig6.2:2.4stricken by hunger and thirst.
thig6.2:3.1Then I saw the Holy One
thig6.2:3.2back at the city of Mithilā.
thig6.2:3.3Tamer of the untamed,
thig6.2:3.4the Awakened One fears nothing from any quarter.
thig6.2:4.1Regaining my mind,
thig6.2:4.2I paid homage and sat down.
thig6.2:4.3Out of compassion
thig6.2:4.4Gotama taught me the Dhamma.
thig6.2:5.1After hearing his teaching,
thig6.2:5.2I went forth to homelessness.
thig6.2:5.3Applying myself to the Teacher’s words,
thig6.2:5.4I realized the state of grace.
thig6.2:6.1All sorrows are cut off,
thig6.2:6.2given up, they end here.
thig6.2:6.3I’ve fully understood the basis
thig6.2:6.4from which grief comes to be.