153 “Today is the fifteenth day sabbath,”
said Sātāgira, the native spirit of mount Sātā,
“a holy night is at hand.
Come now, let us see Gotama,
the Teacher of peerless name.”

154 “Isn’t his mind well-disposed,”
said Hemavata, the native spirit of the Himalayas,
“impartial towards all creatures?
And aren’t his thoughts under control
when it comes to likes and dislikes?”

155 “His mind is well-disposed,”
said Sātāgira,
“impartial towards all creatures.
His thoughts are under control
when it comes to his likes and dislikes.”

156 “Doesn’t he not steal?”
said Hemavata,
“And doesn’t he harm not a creature?
Isn’t he far from negligence?
And doesn’t he not neglect absorption?”

157 “He does not take what is not given,”
said Sātāgira,
“and he harms not a creature.
He is far from negligence—
the Buddha does not neglect absorption.”

158 “Doesn’t he avoid lying?”
said Hemavata,
“And doesn’t he not speak sharply?
Doesn’t he avoid divisive speech,
as well as speaking nonsense?”

159 “He does not lie,”
said Sātāgira,
“nor does he speak sharply.
He avoids divisive speech,
and thoughtfully speaks wise counsel.”

160 “Doesn’t he find sensual pleasures unattractive?”
said Hemavata,
“And isn’t his mind unclouded?
Hasn’t he escaped delusion?
And isn’t he seer of truths?”

161 “He does not find sensual pleasures attractive,”
said Sātāgira,
“and his mind is unclouded.
He has escaped all delusion—
the Buddha is seer of truths.”

162 “Isn’t he accomplished in knowledge?”
said Hemavata,
“And doesn’t he live a pure life?
Aren’t his defilements all ended?
Doesn’t he have no future lives?”

163 “He is accomplished in knowledge,”
said Sātāgira,
“and he does live a pure life.
His defilements are all ended,
there are no future lives for him.”

163A “Accomplished is the sage’s mind
in action and in speech,
and he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct
as per the teaching you praise.”

163B “Accomplished is the sage’s mind
in action and in speech,
and he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct
as per the teaching you rejoice in.

164 Accomplished is the sage’s mind
in action and in speech,
and he’s accomplished in knowledge and conduct:
come now, let us see Gotama.”

165 “The hero so lean, with antelope calves,
not greedy, eating little,
the sage meditating alone in the forest,
come now, let us see Gotama.

166 An elephant, wandering alone like a lion,
unconcerned for sensual pleasures,
let’s approach him and ask about
release from the snare of death.”

167 “The communicator, the instructor,
who has gone beyond all things,
Awakened, beyond enmity and fear,
let us ask Gotama.”

168 “What has the world arisen in?”
said Hemavata,
What does it get close to?
By grasping what
is the world troubled in what?”

169 “The world’s arisen in six,”
said the Buddha to Hemavata.
“It gets close to six.
By grasping at these six,
the world’s troubled in six.”

170 “What is that grasping
by which the world is troubled?
Tell us the exit when asked:
how is one released from all suffering?”

171 “The world has five kinds of sensual stimulation,
and the mind is said to be the sixth.
When you’ve discarded desire for these,
you’re released from all suffering.

172 This is the exit from the world,
explained in accord with the truth.
The way I’ve explained it is how
you’re released from all suffering.”

173 “Who here crosses the flood,
Who crosses the deluge?
Who, not standing and unsupported,
does not sink in the deep?”

174 “Someone who is always endowed with ethics,
wise and serene,
inwardly reflective, mindful,
crosses the flood so hard to cross.

175 Someone who desists from sensual perception,
who has escaped all fetters,
and is finished with relishing of rebirth,
does not sink in the deep.”

176 “Behold him of wisdom deep who sees the subtle meaning,
who has nothing, unattached to sensual life,
everywhere free,
the great hermit treading the holy road.

177 Behold him of peerless name who sees the subtle meaning,
giver of wisdom, unattached to the realm of sensuality:
see him, the all-knower, so very intelligent,
the great hermit treading the noble road.”

178 “It was a fine sight for us today,
a good dawn, a good rising,
to see the Awakened One,
the undefiled one who has crossed the flood.

179 These thousand native spirits
powerful and glorious,
all go to you for refuge,
you are our supreme Teacher.

180 We shall journey
village to village, peak to peak,
paying homage to the Buddha,
and the natural excellence of the teaching!”

153"Ajja pannaraso uposatho,
Dibbā ratti upaṭṭhitā;
Anomanāmaṁ satthāraṁ,
Handa passāma gotamaṁ".

154 "Kacci mano supaṇihito,
Sabbabhūtesu tādino;
Kacci iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca,
Saṅkappassa vasīkatā".

155 "Mano cassa supaṇihito,
Sabbabhūtesu tādino;
Atho iṭṭhe aniṭṭhe ca,
Saṅkappassa vasīkatā".

156 "Kacci adinnaṁ nādiyati,
Kacci pāṇesu saññato;
Kacci ārā pamādamhā,
Kacci jhānaṁ na riñcati".

157 "Na so adinnaṁ ādiyati,
Atho pāṇesu saññato;
Atho ārā pamādamhā,
Buddho jhānaṁ na riñcati".

158 "Kacci musā na bhaṇati,
Kacci na khīṇabyappatho;
Kacci vebhūtiyaṁ nāha,
Kacci samphaṁ na bhāsati".

159 "Musā ca so na bhaṇati,
Atho na khīṇabyappatho;
Atho vebhūtiyaṁ nāha,
Mantā atthañca bhāsati".

160 "Kacci na rajjati kāmesu,
Kacci cittaṁ anāvilaṁ;
Kacci mohaṁ atikkanto,
Kacci dhammesu cakkhumā".

161 "Na so rajjati kāmesu,
Atho cittaṁ anāvilaṁ;
Sabbamohaṁ atikkanto,
Buddho dhammesu cakkhumā".

162 "Kacci vijjāya sampanno,
Kacci saṁsuddhacāraṇo;
Kaccissa āsavā khīṇā,
Kacci natthi punabbhavo".

163 "Vijjāya ceva sampanno,
Atho saṁsuddhacāraṇo;
Sabbassa āsavā khīṇā,
Natthi tassa punabbhavo".

163A "Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,
Kammunā byappathena ca;
Vijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,
Dhammato naṁ pasaṁsati".

163B "Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,
Kammunā byappathena ca;
Vijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,
Dhammato anumodasi.

164 Sampannaṁ munino cittaṁ,
Kammunā byappathena ca;
Vijjācaraṇasampannaṁ,
Handa passāma gotamaṁ".

165 "Eṇijaṅghaṁ kisaṁ vīraṁ,
Appāhāraṁ alolupaṁ;
Muniṁ vanasmiṁ jhāyantaṁ,
Ehi passāma gotamaṁ.

166 Sīhaṁvekacaraṁ nāgaṁ,
Kāmesu anapekkhinaṁ;
Upasaṅkamma pucchāma,
Maccupāsappamocanaṁ.

167 Akkhātāraṁ pavattāraṁ,
Sabbadhammāna pāraguṁ;
Buddhaṁ verabhayātītaṁ,
Mayaṁ pucchāma gotamaṁ".

168 "Kismiṁ loko samuppanno,
Kismiṁ kubbati santhavaṁ;
Kissa loko upādāya,
Kismiṁ loko vihaññati".

169 "Chasu loko samuppanno,
Chasu kubbati santhavaṁ;
Channameva upādāya,
Chasu loko vihaññati".

170 "Katamaṁ taṁ upādānaṁ,
Yattha loko vihaññati;
Niyyānaṁ pucchito brūhi,
Kathaṁ dukkhā pamuccati".

171 "Pañca kāmaguṇā loke,
Manochaṭṭhā paveditā;
Ettha chandaṁ virājetvā,
Evaṁ dukkhā pamuccati.

172 Etaṁ lokassa niyyānaṁ,
Akkhātaṁ vo yathātathaṁ;
Etaṁ vo ahamakkhāmi,
Evaṁ dukkhā pamuccati".

173 "Ko sūdha tarati oghaṁ,
Kodha tarati aṇṇavaṁ;
Appatiṭṭhe anālambe,
Ko gambhīre na sīdati".

174 "Sabbadā sīlasampanno,
Paññavā susamāhito;
Ajjhattacintī satimā,
Oghaṁ tarati duttaraṁ.

175 Virato kāmasaññāya,
Sabbasaṁyojanātigo;
Nandībhavaparikkhīṇo,
So gambhīre na sīdati".

176 "Gambhīrapaññaṁ nipuṇatthadassiṁ,
Akiñcanaṁ kāmabhave asattaṁ;
Taṁ passatha sabbadhi vippamuttaṁ,
Dibbe pathe kamamānaṁ mahesiṁ.

177 Anomanāmaṁ nipuṇatthadassiṁ,
Paññādadaṁ kāmālaye asattaṁ;
Taṁ passatha sabbaviduṁ sumedhaṁ,
Ariye pathe kamamānaṁ mahesiṁ.

178 Sudiṭṭhaṁ vata no ajja,
Suppabhātaṁ suhuṭṭhitaṁ;
Yaṁ addasāma sambuddhaṁ,
Oghatiṇṇamanāsavaṁ.

179 Ime dasasatā yakkhā,
Iddhimanto yasassino;
Sabbe taṁ saraṇaṁ yanti,
Tvaṁ no satthā anuttaro.

180 Te mayaṁ vicarissāma,
Gāmā gāmaṁ nagā nagaṁ;
Namassamānā sambuddhaṁ,
Dhammassa ca sudhammatan"ti.