1.1“Yopānudī maccurājassa senaṁ,He has cast aside the army of the King of Death,1.2Naḷasetuṁva sudubbalaṁ mahogho;as a fragile bridge of reeds by a great flood.1.3Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi,Victorious since his fears have vanished:1.4Danto so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.tame and steadfast, he has become quenched.

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