5. Tīṇinaḷamālikā

Walt 37 On Candabhāgā River’s bank,
I was a kinnarī back then.
I saw the Stainless Buddha there,
Self-Become, the Unconquered One. Verse 1

Walt 38 Happy, with pleasure in my heart,
awe-struck, with hands pressed together,
taking a garland made of reeds,
I worshipped the Self-Become One. Verse 2

Walt 39-40 Due to that karma done very well,
I went to the Thirty-Three Gods.
I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of thirty-six kings of the gods. Verse 3

Walt 40 I was fixed in the chief queen’s place
of ten kings who were wheel-turners.
My heart being agitated,
I went forth into homelessness. Verse 4

Walt 42 My defilements are now burnt up;
existence has been slain for me.
All my defilements are destroyed;
now there will be no more rebirth. Verse 5

Walt 41 In the ninety-four aeons since
I did pūjā with that flower,
I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:
that’s the fruit of Buddha-pūjā. Verse 6

Walt 43 My defilements are now burnt up;
all new existence is destroyed.
Like elephants with broken chains,
I am living without constraint. Verse 7

Walt 44 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 8

Walt 45 The four analytical modes,
and these eight deliverances,
six special knowledges mastered,
I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 9

Thus indeed Bhikkhunī Tīṇinaḷamālikā spoke these verses.

The legend of Tīṇinaḷamālikā Therī is finished.