1.1Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Upādāniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.“There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.¹1.3Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ;Craving is a requirement for grasping.1.4upādānapaccayā bhavo;Grasping is a requirement for continued existence.1.5bhavapaccayā jāti;Continued existence is a requirement for rebirth.1.6jātipaccayā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā sambhavanti.Rebirth is a requirement for old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress to come to be.1.7Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.

2.1PTS 2.85Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dasannaṁ vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ vīsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ tiṁsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ cattārīsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ mahāaggikkhandho jaleyya.Suppose a great mass of fire was burning with ten, twenty, thirty, or forty loads of wood.2.2Tatra puriso kālena kālaṁ sukkhāni ceva tiṇāni pakkhipeyya, sukkhāni ca gomayāni pakkhipeyya, sukkhāni ca kaṭṭhāni pakkhipeyya.And from time to time someone would toss in dry grass, cow dung, or wood.2.3Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahāaggikkhandho tadāhāro tadupādāno ciraṁ dīghamaddhānaṁ jaleyya.Fed and fuelled by that, the great mass of fire would burn for a long time.

2.4Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu assādānupassino viharato taṇhā pavaḍḍhati.In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the gratification provided by these things, your craving grows.2.5Taṇhāpaccayā upādānaṁ …pe…Craving is a requirement for grasping. …2.6evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.

3.1Upādāniyesu, bhikkhave, dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.There are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.3.2Taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho;When craving ceases, grasping ceases.3.3upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho;When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases.3.4bhavanirodhā jātinirodho;When continued existence ceases, rebirth ceases.3.5jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti.When rebirth ceases, old age and death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, sadness, and distress cease.3.6Evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hoti.That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.

4.1Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, dasannaṁ vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ vīsāya vā tiṁsāya vā cattārīsāya vā kaṭṭhavāhānaṁ mahāaggikkhandho jaleyya;Suppose a great mass of fire was burning with ten, twenty, thirty, or forty loads of wood.4.2tatra puriso na kālena kālaṁ sukkhāni ceva tiṇāni pakkhipeyya, na sukkhāni ca gomayāni pakkhipeyya, na sukkhāni ca kaṭṭhāni pakkhipeyya.And no one would toss in dry grass, cow dung, or wood from time to time.4.3Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahāaggikkhandho purimassa ca upādānassa pariyādānā aññassa ca anupahārā anāhāro nibbāyeyya.As the original fuel is used up and no more is added, the great mass of fire would be extinguished due to not being fed.

4.4Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati,In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.4.5taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho …pe…When craving ceases, grasping ceases. …4.6evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”

4.7Dutiyaṁ.