1.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, esanā.“Mendicants, there are these three searches.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?1.3Kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā”tiThe search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …”

1.4vitthāretabbaṁ.(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)

1.5Esanāvaggo navamo.

2.0Tassuddānaṁ

2.1Esanā vidhā āsavo,Searches, discriminations, defilements,2.2Bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso;states of existence, three kinds of suffering,2.3Khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca,barrenness, stains, and troubles,2.4Vedanā taṇhā tasināya cāti.feelings, craving, and thirst.