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.

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