1.1“Majjhe sarasmiṁ tiṭṭhataṁ,“For those overwhelmed by old age and death,”1.2(iccāyasmā kappo)said Venerable Kappa,1.3Oghe jāte mahabbhaye;“stuck mid-stream1.4Jarāmaccuparetānaṁ,as the terrifying flood arises,1.5Dīpaṁ pabrūhi mārisa;tell me an island, good fellow.1.6Tvañca me dīpamakkhāhi,Explain to me an island1.7Yathāyidaṁ nāparaṁ siyā”.so this may occur no further.”

2.1“Majjhe sarasmiṁ tiṭṭhataṁ,“For those overwhelmed by old age and death,”2.2(kappāti bhagavā)replied the Buddha,2.3Oghe jāte mahabbhaye;“stuck mid-stream2.4Jarāmaccuparetānaṁ,as the terrifying flood arises,2.5Dīpaṁ pabrūmi kappa te.I shall tell you an island, Kappa.

3.1Akiñcanaṁ anādānaṁ,Having nothing, taking nothing:3.2etaṁ dīpaṁ anāparaṁ;this is the island with nothing further.3.3Nibbānaṁ iti naṁ brūmi,I call it extinguishment,3.4jarāmaccuparikkhayaṁ.the ending of old age and death.

4.1Etadaññāya ye satā,Those who have fully understood this, mindful,4.2Diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā;are quenched in this very life.4.3Na te māravasānugā,They don’t fall under Māra’s sway,4.4Na te mārassa paddhagū”ti.nor are they his footmen.”

4.5Kappamāṇavapucchā dasamā.