1. He who causes to remove the anger that has sprung up,
as medicinal herb [curbs] the spreading of a snake’s poison;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

2. He who has cuts off lust without residue,
like having plunged, [one extirpates] a lotus flower growing in water;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

3. He who has cut of thirsting without remainder,
having dried up its streaming swift river;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

4. He who has torn up conceit without residue,
as a great flood does a very weak bridge of reeds;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

5. He who did not find essense in being,
just as collection of flowers in udumbara tree;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

6. Of whom there are no irritation inwardly,
having gone beyond being and non-being-ness as such;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

7. Of whom thoughts have been fumigated,
well unmade internally, without residue;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

8. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
who has gone beyond all this papanca;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

9. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
having known in the world, “This is all not such;”
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

10. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
greed-free, [he knows] “This is all not such;”
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

11. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
lust-free, [he knows] “This is all not such;”
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

12. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
hate-free, [he knows] “This is all not such;”
as medicinal herb [curbs] the spreading of a snake’s poison;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

13. He neither goes too far nor lags behind,
delusion-free, [he knows] “This is all not such;”
as medicinal herb [curbs] the spreading of a snake’s poison;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

14. In whom there are no latent tendencies whatsoever,
whose unwholesome roots have been expunged;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

15. In whom there are no [states] born of fear,
which may condition his return to the near shore;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

16. In whom there are no [states] born of desire,
which are suitable causes for bondage to being;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

17. He who, having discarded the five hindrances,
has crossed over doubt, untroubled, free from darts;
such a bhikkhu gives up the here and the beyond,
just as a serpent's previous worn-out skin.

1. yo uppatitaṃ vineti kodhaṃ,
visaṭaṃ sappavisaṃca osadhehi;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ2 purāṇaṃ.

2. yo rāgamudacchidā asesaṃ,
bhisapupphaṃ'va saroruhaṃ vigayha;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

3. yo taṇhamudacchidā asesaṃ,
saritaṃ sīghasaraṃ visosayitvā;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

4. yo mānamudabbadhī asesaṃ,
naḷasetuṃ'va sudubbalaṃ mahogho;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

5. yo nājjhagamā bhavesu sāraṃ,
vicīnaṃ pupphamīva;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

6. yassantarato na santi kopā,
iti bhavābhavataṃ ca vītivatto;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

7. yassa citakkā vidhūpitā,
ajjhattaṃ suvikappitā asesā;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

8. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ accagamā imaṃ papañcaṃ;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

9. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ vitathamidanti ñatva loke;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

10. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ vitathamidanti vītalobho;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

11. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ vitathamīdanti vītarāgo;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

12. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ vitathamida'nti vītadoso;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

13. yo nāccasārī na paccasārī,
sabbaṃ vitathamidanti vītamoho;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

14. yassānusayā na santi keci,
mūlā akusalā samūhatāse;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

15. yassa darathajā na santi keci,
oraṃ āgamanāya paccayāse;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

16. yassa vanathajā na santī keci,
vinibandhāya bhavāya hetukappā;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.

17. yo nīvaraṇe pahāya pañca,
anīgho tiṇṇakathaṃ katho visallo;
so bhikkhu jahāti orapāraṃ,
urago jiṇṇamiva tacaṃ purāṇaṃ.