1.1“Kullo sivathikaṁ gantvā,I, Kulla, went to a charnel ground1.2addasa itthimujjhitaṁ;and saw a woman’s body abandoned there,1.3Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ,dumped in a cemetery,1.4khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.full of worms that devoured.

2.1Āturaṁ asuciṁ pūtiṁ,“See this bag of bones, Kulla—2.2passa kulla samussayaṁ;diseased, filthy, rotten,2.3Uggharantaṁ paggharantaṁ,oozing and trickling,2.4bālānaṁ abhinanditaṁ.a fool’s delight.”

3.1Dhammādāsaṁ gahetvāna,Taking the teaching as a mirror3.2ñāṇadassanapattiyā;for realizing knowledge and vision,3.3Paccavekkhiṁ imaṁ kāyaṁ,I examined this body,3.4tucchaṁ santarabāhiraṁ.hollow, inside and out.

4.1Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ,As this is, so is that;4.2yathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ;as that is, so is this.4.3Yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ,As below, so above;4.4yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho.as above, so below.

5.1Yathā divā tathā rattiṁ,As by day, so by night;5.2yathā rattiṁ tathā divā;as by night, so by day.5.3Yathā pure tathā pacchā,As before, so behind;5.4yathā pacchā tathā pure.as behind, so before.

6.1Pañcaṅgikena turiyena,Even the music of a five-piece band6.2Na ratī hoti tādisī;can never give such pleasure6.3Yathā ekaggacittassa,as when, with unified mind,6.4Sammā dhammaṁ vipassato”ti.you rightly discern the Dhamma.

6.5… Kullo thero ….