[461] 3.
Possessed of mindfulness (sati), endowed with vision, a bhikkhunī with faculties developed,
I have penetrated the peaceful state, not frequented by base men.
[Māra:]
Why indeed do you not approve of birth (jāti)? One who is born enjoys sensual pleasures.
Enjoy the delights of sensuality; do not be one who feels remorse afterwards!
[Upacālā:]
For one who is born there is death (maraṇa), the cutting off of hands and feet;
hemmed in by slaughter and bonds,¹ one who is born undergoes suffering (dukkha).
There is one born in the Sakyan clan, a Fully Enlightened One, unvanquished;
he taught me the Dhamma, the transcending of birth:
suffering, the arising of suffering, and the overcoming of suffering,
and the noble eightfold path (ariyaṭṭhaṅgika magga) leading to the stilling of suffering.
Having heard his word, I dwelt delighting in the teaching;
the three true knowledges (vijjā) have been attained; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Everywhere delight has been destroyed; the mass of darkness has been shattered.
Know thus, Evil One: you are struck down, Antaka!
Upacālā.
The Group of Sevens (Sattakanipāta) is concluded.
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¹ Yu. (European edition) reads: vadhabandhapariklesaṃ, "the affliction of slaughter and bonds."
Therīgāthā — The Group of Eights (Aṭṭhakanipāta)
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.