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

2.1“Kāmayogayutto, bhikkhave, bhavayogayutto āgāmī hoti āgantā itthattaṁ.“Mendicants, one yoked to both sensual pleasures and rebirth is a returner, who comes back to this place.2.2Kāmayogavisaṁyutto, bhikkhave, bhavayogayutto anāgāmī hoti anāgantā itthattaṁ.One unyoked from sensual pleasures but still yoked to rebirth is a non-returner, who comes not back to this place.2.3Kāmayogavisaṁyutto, bhikkhave, bhavayogavisaṁyutto arahā hoti, khīṇāsavo”ti.One unyoked from both sensual pleasures and rebirth is a perfected one, who has ended defilements.”

2.4Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.5Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Kāmayogena saṁyuttā,“Yoked to both sensual pleasures3.2bhavayogena cūbhayaṁ;and the desire to be reborn in a future life;3.3Sattā gacchanti saṁsāraṁ,sentient beings continue to transmigrate,3.4jātimaraṇagāmino.with ongoing birth and death.

4.1Ye ca kāme pahantvāna,Those who’ve given up sensual pleasures4.2appattā āsavakkhayaṁ;without attaining the end of defilements,4.3Bhavayogena saṁyuttā,and are still yoked to being reborn,4.4anāgāmīti vuccare.are said to be non-returners.

5.1Ye ca kho chinnasaṁsayā,Those who have cut off doubt,5.2khīṇamānapunabbhavā;and ended conceit and future lives,5.3Te ve pāraṅgatā loke,they’re the ones in this world <j>who’ve truly crossed over,5.4ye pattā āsavakkhayan”ti.having reached the ending of defilements.”

6.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

6.2Sattamaṁ.

6.3Tatiyabhāṇavāraṁ.