1084 “Those who have previously answered me,”
said Venerable Hemaka,
“before I encountered Gotama’s teaching,
said ‘thus it was’ or ‘so it shall be’.
All that was just the testament of hearsay;
all that just fostered speculation:
I found no delight in that.

1085 But you, sage, explain to me
the teaching that destroys craving.
Having understood it, one who lives mindfully
may cross over clinging in the world.”

1086 “The removal of desire and lust, Hemaka,
for what is seen, heard, thought, or cognized here;
for anything liked or disliked,
is extinguishment, the imperishable state.

1087 Those who have fully understood this, mindful,
are extinguished in this very life.
Always at peace,
they’ve crossed over clinging to the world.”

1084"Ye me pubbe viyākaṁsu,
Huraṁ gotamasāsanā;
Iccāsi iti bhavissati,
Sabbaṁ taṁ itihītihaṁ;
Sabbaṁ taṁ takkavaḍḍhanaṁ,
Nāhaṁ tattha abhiramiṁ.

1085 Tvañca me dhammamakkhāhi,
taṇhānigghātanaṁ muni;
Yaṁ viditvā sato caraṁ,
tare loke visattikaṁ".

1086 "Idha diṭṭhasutamutaviññātesu,
Piyarūpesu hemaka;
Chandarāgavinodanaṁ,
Nibbānapadamaccutaṁ.

1087 Etadaññāya ye satā,
Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā;
Upasantā ca te sadā,
Tiṇṇā loke visattikan"ti.