5.2. Vimala (THIG5.2)

Intoxicated with my complexion
figure, beauty, & fame;
haughty with youth,
I despised other women.

Adorning this body
embellished to delude foolish men,
I stood at the door to the brothel:
a hunter with snare laid out.

I showed off my ornaments,
and revealed many a private part.
I worked my manifold magic,
laughing out loud at the crowd.

Today, wrapped in a double cloak,
my head shaven,
having wandered for alms,
I sit at the foot of a tree
and attain the state of no-thought.

All ties — human & divine — have been cut.
Having cast off all effluents,
cooled am I,unbound.

Translated from the Pali by: Thanissaro Bhikkhu.

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