Ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times, we were reborn among the gods, let alone among humans.

We were mighty among the gods, let alone among humans! I was queen to a king with the seven treasures—I was the treasure of a wife.

That was the cause, that the origin, that the root, that was the acceptance of the dispensation; that first meeting culminated in extinguishment for one delighting in the teaching.

So say those who have faith in the words of the one unrivaled in wisdom. They’re disillusioned with any state of life, and being disillusioned they become dispassionate.”

That is how these verses were recited by the senior nun Sumedhā.

The Verses of the Senior Nuns are finished.