1.1“Dvāhaṁ sakkaṁ apucchissaṁ,“Twice I have asked the Sakyan,”1.2(iccāyasmā mogharājā)said Venerable Mogharāja,1.3Na me byākāsi cakkhumā;“but you haven’t answered me, O Clear-eyed One.1.4Yāvatatiyañca devīsi,I have heard that the divine seer1.5Byākarotīti me sutaṁ.answers when questioned a third time.

2.1Ayaṁ loko paro loko,Regarding this world, the other world,2.2brahmaloko sadevako;and the realm of divinity with its gods,2.3Diṭṭhiṁ te nābhijānāti,I’m not familiar with the view2.4gotamassa yasassino.of the renowned Gotama.

3.1Evaṁ abhikkantadassāviṁ,So I have come seeking with a question3.2atthi pañhena āgamaṁ;for the one of excellent vision.3.3Kathaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,How to look upon the world3.4maccurājā na passati”.so the King of Death won’t see you?”

4.1“Suññato lokaṁ avekkhassu,“Look upon the world as empty,4.2Mogharāja sadā sato;Mogharāja, ever mindful.4.3Attānudiṭṭhiṁ ūhacca,Having uprooted the theory of self,4.4Evaṁ maccutaro siyā;you may thus cross over death.4.5Evaṁ lokaṁ avekkhantaṁ,That’s how to look upon the world4.6Maccurājā na passatī”ti.so the King of Death won’t see you.”

4.7Mogharājamāṇavapucchā pannarasamā.