thig.3.6 Therigatha

Sukkā

“What’s up with these people in Rājagaha?
They sprawl like they’ve been drinking mead!
They don’t attend on Sukkā
as she teaches the Buddha’s instructions.
But the wise—
it’s as if they drink it up,
so irresistible, delicious and nutritious,
like travelers enjoying a cool cloud.”
“She’s known as Sukkā because of her bright qualities,
free of greed, serene.
She bears her final body,
having vanquished Māra and his mount.”