1.1Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him:

2.1“‘Sekho, sekho’ti, bhante, vuccati.“Sir, they speak of the one called ‘a trainee’.2.2Kittāvatā nu kho, bhante, sekho hotī”ti?How is a trainee defined?”

2.3“Sikkhatīti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā sekhoti vuccati.“They train, mendicant, that’s why they’re called ‘a trainee’.2.4Kiñca sikkhati?What is their training?2.5Adhisīlampi sikkhati, adhicittampi sikkhati, adhipaññampi sikkhati.They train in the higher ethics, the higher mind, and the higher wisdom.2.6Sikkhatīti kho, bhikkhu, tasmā sekhoti vuccatīti.They train, that’s why they’re called ‘a trainee’.

3.1Sekhassa sikkhamānassa,As a trainee trains,3.2ujumaggānusārino;following the straight road,3.3Khayasmiṁ paṭhamaṁ ñāṇaṁ,first they know about ending;3.4tato aññā anantarā.enlightenment follows in the same lifetime.

4.1Tato aññāvimuttassa,∥Then the knowledge comes4.2ñāṇaṁ ve hoti tādino;such a one, freed through enlightenment,4.3Akuppā me vimuttīti,with the end of the fetters of continued existence:4.4bhavasaṁyojanakkhaye”ti.‘My freedom is unshakable.’”

4.5Pañcamaṁ.