Thig 6.2 - Verses of the Elder Vāseṭṭhi
Translated by Bhikkhuni Soma
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Verses of the Elder Bhikkhunīs
Chapter of the Sixes
Verses of the Elder Vāseṭṭhi
“When I lost my child I was taken over by grief;
I went deranged, I lost my mind.
Naked and with disheveled hair,
I wandered here and there,
living in middens,
roadsides, and cemeteries.
I wandered for three years,
afflicted by hunger and thirst.
When I arrived at the town of Mithilā,
and I saw the one who fares well -
tamer of the untamed,
the self-enlightened one, fearless everywhere -
I returned to sanity.
I paid respects and sat down.
Gotama taught me the Dhamma
out of compassion.
After I heard his Dhamma,
I went forth into homelessness.
I bound myself to the words of the Teacher;
I realized the path of joy.
All woes have been cut off,
abandoned, finished.
Now I have fully understood
how grief comes into being.”
The Elder Vāseṭṭhī