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# Therigatha

## Chapter I -- Single Verses

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I.1 -- An Anonymous Bhikkhuni {v. 1}

> Sleep, little theri, sleep comfortably,
> wrapped in the robe that you've made,
> for your passion is stilled --
> like a pot of pickled greens
> boiled dry.

I.3 -- Punna {v. 3}

> Punna, grow full with good qualities
> like the moon on the fifteenth day.
> With discernment at total fullness, burst
> the mass
> of darkness.

I.11 -- Mutta {v. 11}

> So freed! So thoroughly freed am I! --
> from three crooked things set free:
> from mortar, pestle,
> & crooked old husband.
> Having uprooted the craving
> that leads to becoming,
> I'm set free from aging & death.

I.17 -- Dhamma {v. 17}

> Wandering for alms --
> weak, leaning on a staff,
> with trembling limbs --
> I fell down right there on the ground.
> Seeing the drawbacks of the body,
> my mind was then
> set free.

Revised: Fri 12 April 2002