1.1“Yo duddamiyo damena danto,Once hard to tame, now tamed himself;1.2Dabbo santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho;proficient, content, with doubt overcome;1.3Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi,victorious since his fears have vanished:1.4Dabbo so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.Dabba is steadfast, and has become fully quenched.

1.5Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā dabbo thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Dabba.