Son of the Buddha and his heir is he,
Great Kassapa — his mind serene, collected.
Vision of previous lives is his,
Heaven and hell he penetrates.The ceasing of rebirth he has obtained,
And supernormal knowledge he has mastered.
With these three knowledges possessed by him
He is a brahman true, of threefold knowledge.So has she, too, Bhadda the Kapilani, gained for herself
The threefold knowledge and has vanquished death.
Having bravely vanquished Mara and his host,
It is the last formation of a body that she bears.Seeing the world's deep misery, we both went forth
And are now both free of cankers, with well-tamed minds.
Cooled of passions, we have found deliverance;
Cooled of passions, we have found our freedom.
thig.4.1 Therigatha
Bhadda Kapilani
- Translator: Dr. Hellmuth Hecker, Ayya Khema
- Editor: Ayya Kathrin Vimalañāṇī
Bhaddā Daughter of Kapila
Kassapa is the son and heir of the Buddha,whose mind is immersed in samādhi.
He knows his past lives,
he sees heaven and places of loss,
and has attained the end of rebirth:
that sage has perfect insight.
It’s because of these three knowledges
that the brahmin is a master of the three knowledges.
In exactly the same way, Bhaddā daughter of Kapila
is master of the three knowledges, conqueror of death.
She bears her final body,
having vanquished Māra and his mount.
Seeing the danger of the world,
both of us went forth.
Now we are tamed, our defilements have ended;
we’ve become cooled and quenched.
The Book of the Fours is finished.