1.1Atha kho āyasmā migajālo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…Then Venerable Migajāla went up to the Buddha …1.2ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā migajālo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:and said to him:

1.3“sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṁ desetu, yamahaṁ bhagavato dhammaṁ sutvā eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto vihareyyan”ti.“Sir, may the Buddha please teach me Dhamma in brief. When I’ve heard it, I’ll live alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute.”¹

2.1PTS 4.38“Santi kho, migajāla, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.“Migajāla, there are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.2.2Tañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keep clinging to them,2.3Tassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato uppajjati nandī.this gives rise to relishing.2.4Nandisamudayā dukkhasamudayo, migajālāti vadāmi …pe…Relishing is the origin of suffering, I say.

2.5santi ca kho, migajāla, jivhāviññeyyā rasā …pe…There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …2.6santi ca kho, migajāla, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.2.7Tañce bhikkhu abhinandati abhivadati ajjhosāya tiṭṭhati.If a mendicant approves, welcomes, and keeps clinging to them,2.8Tassa taṁ abhinandato abhivadato ajjhosāya tiṭṭhato uppajjati nandī.this gives rise to relishing.2.9Nandisamudayā dukkhasamudayo, migajālāti vadāmi.Relishing is the origin of suffering, I say.

3.1Santi ca kho, migajāla, cakkhuviññeyyā rūpā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.There are sights known by the eye, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.3.2Tañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati. Tassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato nandī nirujjhati.If a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, relishing ceases.3.3Nandinirodhā dukkhanirodho, migajālāti vadāmi …pe…When relishing ceases, suffering ceases, I say.

3.4santi ca kho, migajāla, jivhāviññeyyā rasā iṭṭhā kantā …pe…There are sounds … smells … tastes … touches …3.5santi ca kho, migajāla, manoviññeyyā dhammā iṭṭhā kantā manāpā piyarūpā kāmūpasaṁhitā rajanīyā.ideas known by the mind, which are likable, desirable, agreeable, pleasant, sensual, and arousing.3.6Tañce bhikkhu nābhinandati nābhivadati nājjhosāya tiṭṭhati. Tassa taṁ anabhinandato anabhivadato anajjhosāya tiṭṭhato nandī nirujjhati.If a mendicant doesn’t approve, welcome, and keep clinging to them, relishing ceases.3.7Nandinirodhā dukkhanirodho, migajālāti vadāmī”ti.When relishing ceases, suffering ceases, I say.”

4.1Atha kho āyasmā migajālo bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinanditvā anumoditvā uṭṭhāyāsanā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā padakkhiṇaṁ katvā pakkāmi.And then Venerable Migajāla approved and agreed with what the Buddha said. He got up from his seat, bowed and respectfully circled the Buddha, keeping him on his right, before leaving.

4.2Atha kho āyasmā migajālo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpī pahitatto viharato nacirasseva—yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṁ—brahmacariyapariyosānaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi.Then Migajāla, living alone, withdrawn, diligent, keen, and resolute, soon realized the supreme culmination of the spiritual path in this very life. He lived having achieved with his own insight the goal for which gentlemen rightly go forth from the lay life to homelessness.

4.3“Khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyā”ti abbhaññāsi.He understood: “Rebirth is ended; the spiritual journey has been completed; what had to be done has been done; there is nothing further for this place.”4.4Aññataro ca panāyasmā migajālo arahataṁ ahosīti.And Migajāla became one of the perfected.

4.5Dutiyaṁ.