1.1“Upāsitā sappurisā,I regularly sat close by true persons1.2sutā dhammā abhiṇhaso;and learnt the teaching.1.3Sutvāna paṭipajjissaṁ,What I learned, I practiced,1.4añjasaṁ amatogadhaṁ.the direct route whose objective is freedom from death.

2.1Bhavarāgahatassa me sato,I’ve slain the desire for continued existence,2.2Bhavarāgo puna me na vijjati;it won’t be found in me again.2.3Na cāhu na ca me bhavissati,It was not, and it won’t be in me,2.4Na ca me etarahi vijjatī”ti.and it isn’t found in me now.

2.5… Kaṇhadinno thero …

2.6vaggo tatiyo.

3.0Tassuddānaṁ

3.1Uttaro bhaddajitthero,3.2sobhito valliyo isi;3.3Vītasoko ca yo thero,3.4puṇṇamāso ca nandako;3.5Bharato bhāradvājo ca,3.6kaṇhadinno mahāmunīti.