“What is it that causes a man to be born,
what is it that runs him about;
what is it that undergoes the wandering on,
from what is he not freed?”

“Thirsting causes a man to be born,
mental states runs him about;
a being undergoes the wandering on,
he is not freed from suffering.”

kiṃ su janeti purisaṃ,
kiṃ su tassa vidhāvati;
kiṃ su saṃsāramāpādi,
kismā na parimuccatīti.

taṇhā janeti purisaṃ,
cittamassa vidhāvati;
satto saṃsāramāpādi,
dukkhā na parimuccatīti.