Thag 2.16

Mahākāḷattheragāthā

“Kāḷī itthī brahatī dhaṅkarūpā, Satthiñca bhetvā aparañca satthiṁ; Bāhañca bhetvā aparañca bāhaṁ, Sīsañca bhetvā dadhithālakaṁva; Esā nisinnā abhisandahitvā.

Mahākāḷa

There’s a big black woman who looks like a crow. She broke off thigh-bones, first one then another; she broke off arm-bones, first one then another; she broke off a skull like a curd-bowl, and then arranged them and sat nearby.

Yo ve avidvā upadhiṁ karoti, Punappunaṁ dukkhamupeti mando; Tasmā pajānaṁ upadhiṁ na kayirā, Māhaṁ puna bhinnasiro sayissan”ti.

When an ignorant person builds up attachments, that dullard returns to suffering again and again. So let one who understands not build up attachments: may I never again lie with a broken skull!