Homage to him, the blessed one, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha!Namo tassa Bhagavato Arahato Sammāsambuddhassa.
Sleep softly, little nun,“Sukhaṁ supāhi therike,wrapped in the cloth you sewed yourself;Katvā coḷena pārutā;for your desire has been quelled,Upasanto hi te rāgo,like vegetables boiled dry in a pot.Sukkhaḍākaṁ va kumbhiyan”ti.
That is how this verse was recited by a certain unnamed nun.Itthaṁ sudaṁ aññatarā therī apaññātā bhikkhunī gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.
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