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# Thig 6:7 · Guttā
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thig-6-7/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:42:58.000Z
- Description: Therīgāthā · Thig 6:7. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Nuns, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Therīgāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

*\[The Buddha admonished me:\]*

Guttā, devote yourself to the goal

for which you went forth,

having discarded \[hope\]

for a dear son of your own.[1](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig6%5F7.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

Don’t fall under the sway

of the mind.

Hoodwinked by mind,

beings in love with Māra’s realm,

roam

through the many-birth wandering-on,

unknowing.

Abandoning these lower fetters, nun—

sensual desire, ill will,

self-identity views,

grasping at habits & practices,

and uncertainty as the fifth—

you won’t come

to this again.

Forsaking passion, conceit,

ignorance, & restlessness

—cutting through \[all\] the fetters—

you will make an end

of suffering & stress.

Discarding birth & wandering-on,

comprehending further becoming,

free from hunger

in the right-here-&-now

you will go about

totally calmed.

Note

1\. Reading *hitvā puttaṁ visuṁ piyaṁ* with the Burmese edition.

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*Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu. © 2014 / rev. 2017 Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu — released under the [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) licence, for free distribution only. Source: [dhammatalks.org](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thig/thig6%5F7.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co) (Metta Forest Monastery).*