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To Abhayā’s Mother From Her Daughter

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Verses of the Senior Nuns 2.8 · The Book of the Twos

My dear mother, examine this body, ^[1]

up from the soles of the feet,

and down from the tips of the hairs,

so impure and foul-smelling.

Meditating like this, ^[2]

all my lust is eradicated.

The fever of passion is cut off,

I’m cooled and quenched. ^[3]

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[1] Authorship is unclear in these verses. The first verse is addressed to the mother. The commentary says it was by her son Abhaya, but I think it is more likely by her daughter Abhayā who features in the next poem.

[2] The feminine declension of the last words show that this verse is spoken by a woman. The commentary says it was by the mother, who has quoted her son’s words and adds her own. I read both verses as spoken by the daughter.

[3] It is only from the feminine declension of the last words that we can be sure it is the daughter Abhayā speaking.