Thi Ap 13Modakadāyikā

– Therīpadāna

– The Legends of the Therīs

13. Modakadāyikā

Walt 159 In the city, Bandhumatī,

I was a water-jug slave-girl.

After receiving my wages,

I went with a water-fetcher. Verse 1

Walt 160 Having seen a monk on the road,

attentive with a well- calmed heart,

happy, with pleasure in my heart,

I gave the monk three sweetmeats then . Verse 2

Walt 161 Due to that karma done very well,

with intention and firm resolve,

for one more than ninety aeons

I went not to a place of grief. Verse 3

Walt 162 Giving him material goods,

I then experienced all of that.

Having given those three sweetmeats

I attained the unshaking state. Verse 4

Walt 163 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 5

Walt 164 Being in Best Buddha's presence

was a very good thing for me.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 6

Walt 165 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 7

Thus indeed Bhikkhunī Modakadāyikā spoke these verses.

The legend of Modakadāyikā Therī is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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