Therigatha3.3

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Adapted from Archaic Translation By Mrs. Rhys Davids 1909

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3.3 Another Uttama, Daughter Of A Kosalan Brahmin

She, too, having made her resolve under former Buddhas, and accumulating good karma(deeds) of age-enduring efficacy in many rebirths, was born, in the time of Vipassi Buddha, as a domestic servant, at Bandhumati. One day, seeing an Arahant(enlightened equal to Buddha) of the Master's Order seeking alms, she gladly offered him three sweet cakes. Through this (good act) she was reborn in happy states many times, she finally came to birth, in this Buddha-era, in the family of an eminent brahmin in the country of Kosala. Come to years of discretion, she heard the Master(Buddha) preach while touring in the country, and leaving the world, she soon won Arahantship(enlightenment equal to Buddha), together with thorough grasp of the Dhamma(path of eternal truth) in true form and in meaning. And looking back at that, she blissfully spoke thus:

The Seven Factors of the Awakened mind Seven Ways by which we may Nibbana win– All, all have I developed and made ripe, Even according to the Buddha's word. (45) Fulfilled is the desire: I win the Void(nibbana),[1] I undestand the causation! Buddha's daughter I, Born of his mouth, his blessed word, I stand, Transported with Nibbana's bliss alway. (46) And all the sense-desires that fetter gods(angels), That hinder men, are fully driven off. Abolished is the infinite round of births. Becoming(rebirth) comes never again for me. (47)

[1] 'Void,, i.e., I am empty of greed, ill-will, and dullness, the three springs of all evil. 'Signless,' i.e., I am free from all attachment to anything 'marked' as impermanent, evil, or having a soul.