[465] Both mother and daughter, we were co-wives;
at that there arose in me a sense of urgency (saṃvega), astonishing and hair-raising.
Curse upon sensual pleasures (kāmā) — impure, foul-smelling, full of thorns —
wherein we, mother and daughter, became wives of one husband.
Having seen the danger (ādīnava) in sensual pleasures, having seen renunciation (nekkhamma) as security,
I went forth at Rājagaha from the household life into homelessness.
I know my former abodes; the divine eye (dibbacakkhu) has been purified,
and the knowledge encompassing the minds of others (cetopariyañāṇa); the ear element (sotadhātu) has been purified.
Psychic power (iddhi) too has been realized by me; the destruction of the taints (āsava) has been attained by me;
the six superknowledges (abhiññā) have been realized by me; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Having conjured up by psychic power a four-horse chariot,
I paid homage to the feet of the Buddha, the glorious Protector of the World (lokanātha).
[Māra:]
"Having gone up to a tree with its crown in full flower,
you stand alone at the foot of the tree;
nor have you any companion at all —
foolish girl, are you not afraid of rogues?"
[Uppalavaṇṇā:]
"Though a hundred thousand rogues
such as you should come together,
I would not stir a hair, nor would I tremble;
what will you do to me by yourself, Māra?
Here I vanish, or I enter into your belly;
I stand between your eyebrows — you will not see me as I stand there.
I have attained mastery over the mind (citta); the bases of psychic power (iddhipāda) have been well developed;
the six superknowledges have been realized by me; the Buddha's teaching has been done.
Sensual pleasures are like spears and stakes; the aggregates (khandha) are their chopping block;
what you call delight in sensual pleasures is now for me non-delight.
Everywhere delight has been destroyed; the mass of darkness has been shattered.
Know thus, Evil One: you are struck down, O End-maker!"
Uppalavaṇṇā.
The Chapter of the Twelves is concluded.
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Therīgāthā: The Chapter of the Sixteens
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.