thig6.6:0.1Verses of the Senior Nuns 6.6
thig6.6:0.2The Book of the Sixes
thig6.6:0.3Mahāpajāpati Gotamī
thig6.6:1.1Oh Buddha, my hero: homage to you!
thig6.6:1.2Supreme among all beings,
thig6.6:1.3who released me from suffering,
thig6.6:1.4and many other beings as well.
thig6.6:2.1All suffering is fully understood;
thig6.6:2.2craving—its cause—is dried up;
thig6.6:2.3the eightfold path has been developed;
thig6.6:2.4and cessation has been realized by me.
thig6.6:3.1Previously I was a mother, a son,
thig6.6:3.2a father, a brother, and a grandmother.
thig6.6:3.3Failing to grasp the true nature of things,
thig6.6:3.4I transmigrated without reward.
thig6.6:4.1Since I have seen the Blessed One,
thig6.6:4.2this bag of bones is my last.
thig6.6:4.3Transmigration through births is finished,
thig6.6:4.4now there’ll be no more future lives.
thig6.6:5.1I see the disciples in harmony,
thig6.6:5.2energetic and resolute,
thig6.6:5.3always staunchly vigorous—
thig6.6:5.4this is homage to the Buddhas!
thig6.6:6.1It was truly for the benefit of many
thig6.6:6.2that Māyā gave birth to Gotama.
thig6.6:6.3He swept away the mass of suffering
thig6.6:6.4for those stricken by sickness and death.