1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Tayome, bhikkhave, āsavā.“Mendicants, there are these three defilements.2.2Katame tayo?What three?2.3Kāmāsavo, bhavāsavo, avijjāsavo—The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.2.4ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo āsavā”ti.These are the three defilements.”

2.5Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.6Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Yassa kāmāsavo khīṇo,“One who has ended the defilement of sensuality,3.2avijjā ca virājitā;whose ignorance has faded away,3.3Bhavāsavo parikkhīṇo,and whose desire to be reborn is finished—3.4vippamutto nirūpadhi;liberated, free of attachments,3.5Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,they bear their final body,3.6jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.having vanquished Māra with his legions.”

4.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2Aṭṭhamaṁ.