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TherÄ«gÄthÄ 2.8 Verses of the Elder BhikkhunÄ«s Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.8
DukanipÄta Chapter of the Twos The Book of the Twos
AbhayamÄtutherÄ«gÄthÄ Verses of the Elder AbhayÄ To AbhayÄās Mother From Her Daughter
āUddhaį¹ pÄdatalÄ amma, āMother, I contemplated the body My dear mother, examine this body, Authorship is unclear in these verses. The first verse is addressed to the mother. The commentary says it was by her son Abhaya, but I think it is more likely by her daughter AbhayÄ who features in the next poem.
adho ve kesamatthakÄ; from the soles of the feet up from the soles of the feet,
Paccavekkhassumaį¹ kÄyaį¹, all the way to the top of the head, and down from the tips of the hairs,
asuciį¹ pÅ«tigandhikaį¹. seeing it as impure and fetid. so impure and foul-smelling.
Evaį¹ viharamÄnÄya, Dwelling in this way, Meditating like this, The feminine declension of the last words show that this verse is spoken by a woman. The commentary says it was by the mother, who has quoted her sonās words and adds her own. I read both verses as spoken by the daughter.
sabbo rÄgo samÅ«hato; I uprooted all passion all my lust is eradicated.
Pariįø·Äho samucchinno, and extinguished all heat: The fever of passion is cut off,
sÄ«tibhÅ«tÄmhi nibbutÄāti. I have become cool and quenched.ā Iām cooled and quenched. It is only from the feminine declension of the last words that we can be sure it is the daughter AbhayÄ speaking.
ā¦ AbhayamÄtÄ therÄ« ā¦. The Elder AbhayÄ