1.1“Ayoniso manasikārā,Because of focusing on the wrong things,1.2maṇḍanaṁ anuyuñjisaṁ;I was addicted to ornamentation.1.3Uddhato capalo cāsiṁ,I was vain, fickle,1.4kāmarāgena aṭṭito.racked by desire for pleasures of the senses.

2.1Upāyakusalenāhaṁ,But with the help of the Buddha,2.2buddhenādiccabandhunā;the Kinsman of the Sun, so skilled in means,2.3Yoniso paṭipajjitvā,I practiced rationally and extracted2.4bhave cittaṁ udabbahin”ti.attachment to continued existence from my mind.

2.5… Nando thero ….