Thig 7.3 - Thig 7:3 Upacālā
Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu
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Thig 7:3 Upacālā

In SN 5:6, verses similar to these are attributed to the nun Cālā.

Upacālā:
Having mindfulness, having an eye that sees,
a nun with developed faculties, I
penetrated the peaceful state
of which worthless people
don’t partake.1

Māra:
Why don’t you approve of birth?
    One who is born
    enjoys sensual pleasures.
Enjoy sensual delight!
    Don’t later burn with regret.

Upacālā:
For one who is born
        there’s death,2
the cutting-off of hands & feet,
binding, flogging, torment.
One who’s born incurs pain.
    But there is
the Rightly Awakened One,
the undefeated one,
born in the Sakyan clan.
He taught me the Dhamma
for the transcending of birth:
    stress,
    the co-arising of stress,
    the overcoming of stress,
    & the noble eightfold path
    leading to the stilling of stress.

  Having heard his words,
  I dwell, delighting
  in his bidding.

The three knowledges
    are attained;
the Buddha’s bidding,
    done.
Everywhere enjoyment
    is defeated;
the mass of darkness,
    burst.
So know, Evil One,
that you have been,
        End-maker,
struck down.

Notes

1. This stanza does not occur in SN 5:6.

2. This is the last line that this poem has in common with SN 5:6. The remainder of SN 5:6 reads:

One who is born
        sees pain.
It’s a binding, a flogging, a torment.
That’s why one shouldn’t approve
        of birth.

The Awakened One taught me the Dhamma
    —the overcoming of birth—
    for the abandoning of all pain,
        he established me in
        the truth.
But beings who have come to form
& those with a share in the formless,
    if they don’t discern cessation,
    return to becoming-again.