Thig 3.5

Ubbiritherīgāthā

“Amma jīvāti vanamhi kandasi, Attānaṁ adhigaccha ubbiri; Cullāsītisahassāni, Sabbā jīvasanāmikā; Etamhāḷāhane daḍḍhā, Tāsaṁ kamanusocasi”.

Ubbirī

“You cry ‘Live, my dear mother!’ in the forest. Ubbirī, get a hold of yourself! Eighty-four thousand people, all named ‘Live’, have been burnt in this funeral ground: which one do you grieve for?”

“Abbahī vata me sallaṁ, duddasaṁ hadayassitaṁ; Yaṁ me sokaparetāya, dhītusokaṁ byapānudi.

“Oh! For you have plucked the arrow from me, so hard to see, stuck in the heart. You’ve swept away the grief for my daughter in which I once was mired.

Sājja abbūḷhasallāhaṁ, Nicchātā parinibbutā; Buddhaṁ dhammañca saṅghañca, Upemi saraṇaṁ munin”ti.

Today I’ve plucked the arrow, I’m hungerless, quenched. I go for refuge to that sage, the Buddha, to his teaching, and to the Saṅgha.”