Theragāthā
Verses of the Senior Monks
Chapter of the Fives
5.5. Vaḍḍha
It was good, how my mother
Spurred me onwards.
When I heard her words,
Advised by my mother,
I became energetic, resolute—
I realised supreme awakening.I’m an Arahant, worthy of offerings,
With the three knowledges and the vision of the deathless;
I conquered Namuci’s army,
And now I live without defilements.The defilements which I had,
Both internally and externally,
Are now all cut off without remainder;
They won’t arise again.My skilful sister
said this to me:
“Now neither you nor I
Have any entanglements.”Suffering is at an end;
This is the last body
To transmigrate through birth and death:
Now there is no more rebirth into any state of existence.