1.1“Okañjahaṁ taṇhacchidaṁ anejaṁ,“I beseech you, the bastion-leaver, the craving-cutter, the imperturbable,”1.2(iccāyasmā bhadrāvudho)said Venerable Bhadrāvudha,1.3Nandiñjahaṁ oghatiṇṇaṁ vimuttaṁ;“the delight-leaver, the flood-crosser, the freed,1.4Kappañjahaṁ abhiyāce sumedhaṁ,the formulation-leaver, the intelligent.1.5Sutvāna nāgassa apanamissanti ito.Different people have gathered <j>from across the nations

2.1Nānājanā janapadehi saṅgatā,wishing to hear your word, O hero.2.2Tava vīra vākyaṁ abhikaṅkhamānā;After hearing the spiritual giant <j>they will depart from here.2.3Tesaṁ tuvaṁ sādhu viyākarohi,Please, sage, answer them clearly,2.4Tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo”.for truly you understand this matter.”

3.1“Ādānataṇhaṁ vinayetha sabbaṁ,“Dispel all craving for attachments,”3.2(bhadrāvudhāti bhagavāreplied the Buddha,3.3Uddhaṁ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe;“above, below, all round, between.3.4Yaṁ yañhi lokasmimupādiyanti,For whatever a personage grasps in the world,3.5Teneva māro anveti jantuṁ.Māra pursues them right there.

4.1Tasmā pajānaṁ na upādiyetha,So let a mindful mendicant who understands4.2Bhikkhu sato kiñcanaṁ sabbaloke;not grasp anything in all the world,4.3Ādānasatte iti pekkhamāno,observing that, in clinging to attachments,¹4.4Pajaṁ imaṁ maccudheyye visattan”ti.these people cling to the domain of death.”

4.5Bhadrāvudhamāṇavapucchā dvādasamā.