Thrown aside in the cemetery, being eaten, pervaded with worms.

Sensual lust appeared, like a blind man I was flowing.

Mindful and fully aware, I sat down to one side.

Danger became manifest, disenchantment was established.

The three true knowledges have been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."

If while practising he would not attain, 'that is my mark of misfortune'.

If one should give up all, one would be like a blind man, from not seeing what is even and uneven.

One not doing but speaking - the wise fully understand him.

So well-spoken words are fruitless for one who does not practise them.

So well-spoken words are fruitful for one who practises them.

Therein I dwell at peace, so if you wish, rain, O sky.

Therein I dwell with peaceful mind, so if you wish, rain, O sky.

so if you wish, rain, O sky."

Longing for the Deathless, what was to be done has been done by me.

With purified knowledge, without uncertainty, I declare in your presence.

My own welfare has been attained, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled.

All my mental corruptions are eliminated, there is now no more rebirth.

Your exhortation was not futile, I am a pupil who has been trained."

Having heard whose word, admonished by my mother;

Putting forth strenuous energy, resolute, I attained the highest enlightenment.

Having conquered the army of the Destroyer, I dwell without mental corruptions.

All without remainder have been cut off, and they will not arise again.

'Surely without longing even towards me, craving is not found in you.'

The cycle of birth and death, there is now no more rebirth."

Having heard whose Teaching, I abandoned wrong view.

Thinking 'This is purification,' a mentally blind worldling.

I imagined impurity to be purity, mentally blind, a fool.

I dedicate to the fire worthy of offerings, I pay homage to the Tathāgata.

The cycle of birth and wandering is eliminated, there is now no more rebirth."

Descended into the water, at Gayā during the Gayā-Phaggu festival.

That I now wash away here" - such was my view before.

I wisely reviewed the meaning that is true and exact;

Pure, heir of the Pure One, son of the Buddha, legitimate.

I attained the three true knowledges, the Buddha's teaching has been fulfilled."

In a miserable place with scarce alms-resort, monk, what will you do?"

Even enduring rough conditions, I will dwell in the forest.

And developing the factors of enlightenment, I will dwell in the forest.

United, together, I will dwell in the forest.

Not lazy, night and day, I will dwell in the forest."

I will not urge you towards evil, O net of sensuality, born of the body.

And you, wretched mind, again and again, having striven, will not behave delighting in evil.

A strong man turns it back against its will, so I shall turn you back.

So I shall tame you, established in the five powers.

Restrained by the yoke of energy, you shall not go far from here, O mind."

He is far from the Good Teaching, as the earth from the sky.

He falls away from the Good Teaching, like the moon in the dark fortnight.

He dries up in the Good Teaching, like a fish in little water.

He does not grow in the Good Teaching, like a rotten seed in a field.

Having exhausted all mental corruptions, having realised the unshakable;

Having attained the supreme peace, attains final nibbāna without mental corruptions."

And that Blessed One was seen by me, and I dwelt together with him in the dwelling-place.

The Teacher, skilled in dwelling, then entered the dwelling.

Like a lion in a rocky cave, fear and dread abandoned.

Soṇa spoke the Good Teaching, in the presence of the Buddha, the foremost.

Having attained the supreme peace, he will attain final nibbāna, free from mental corruptions."

He is called devoted and wise, and having known, he would be distinguished in teachings.

He is called steadfast and wise, and having known, he would be distinguished in teachings.

He is called immovable and wise, and having known, he would be distinguished in teachings.

Such a one is called wise, and having known, he would be distinguished in teachings.

He is called one with the meaning within, a wise one, and having known, he would be distinguished in teachings."