1053. I ask that the Auspicious One answer this for me, (venerable Mettagu)
I think the knowledge master is fully self-developed;
From where do these sufferings arise,
whichever various kinds there are in the world.

1054. Truly you asked me about suffering's source, (the Auspicious One)
that I will tell you just as I know it;
suffering comes to be with ownership as its source,
whichever various kinds there are in the world.

1055. Indeed not having known, when one makes ownership,
that foolish one comes again and again to suffering;
therefore surely knowing, one should not make ownership,
seeing in accordance with the birth and origin of suffering.

1056. Of that which we asked, that you have answered for us, (venerable Mettagu)
another that I ask, to that please speak;
how do the wise cross beyond the flood,
birth, old age, sorrow and lamentation;
that to me sage, please answer,
for indeed, this dhamma is understood by you.

1057. I will explain the dhamma for you, (the Auspicious One)
the dhamma that is seen, not from hearsay;
which having known, faring mindfully,
one could cross the world's adhesion.

1058. I greatly delight in that,
O great sage, that unsurpassed dhamma;
which having known, faring mindfully,
one could cross the world's adhesion.

1059. Whatever you know, (the Auspicious One)
above, below and across in the middle;
dispelling delight and settling in these,
consciousness does not persist in being.

1060. That vigilant one, dwelling thus mindfully,
the bhikkhu faring, having abandoned appropriations;
birth, old age, sorrow and lamentation,
having known just this here, abandons suffering.

1061. I greatly delight in this word of the great seer, (venerable Mettagu)
well proclaimed, O Gotama, is freedom from ownership;
certainly, the Auspicious One has abandoned suffering,
for indeed, this dhamma is understood by you.

1062. Surely those would abandon suffering as well,
whoever you sage would constantly advise;
having come to that very naga, I pay homage,
it is well that the Auspicious One would constantly advise me.

1063. That brahmin, the knowledge master, the supremely knowing, (the Auspicious One)
a disowner, not attached to sensual being;
he has certainly crossed over this flood,
and gone beyond to the further shore, without barrenness, free from doubt.

1064. That man here having known, the knowledge master,
having relinquished this bond of being and non-being;
he is free from thirsting, untroubled, desireless,
he has crossed over birth and old age, I say.

1053. pucchāmi taṃ bhagavā brūhi metaṃ, (iccāyasmā mettagu)
maññāmi taṃ vedaguṃ bhāvitattaṃ;
kuto nu dukkhā samudāgatā ime,
ye keci lokasmiṃ anekarūpā.

1054. dukkhassa ve maṃ pabhavaṃ apucchasi, (mettaguti bhagavā)
taṃ te pavakkhāmi yathā pajānaṃ;
upadhinidānā pabhavanti dukkhā,
ye keci lokasmiṃ anekarūpā.

1055. yo ve avidvā upadhiṃ karoti,
punappunaṃ dukkhamupeti mando;
tasmā hi jānaṃ upadhiṃ na kayirā,
dukkhassa jātippabhavānupassi.

1056. yannaṃ apucchimha akittayī no, (iccāyasmāmettagu)
aññaṃ taṃ pucchāmi tadiṅgha brūhi;
kathannu dhīrā vitaranti oghaṃ,
jātijaraṃ sokapariddavañca;
taṃ me muni sādhu viyākarohi,
tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

1057. kittayissāmi te dhammaṃ, (mettaguti bhagavā)
diṭṭhe dhamme anitihaṃ;
yaṃ viditvā sato caraṃ,
tare loke visattikaṃ.

1058. tañcāhaṃ abhinandāmi,
mahesi dhammamuttamaṃ;
yaṃ viditvā sato caraṃ,
tare loke visattikaṃ.

1059. yaṃ kiñci sampajānāsi, (mettaguti bhagavā)
uddhaṃ adho tiriyañcāpi majjhe;
etesu nandiñca nivesanañca,
panujja viññāṇaṃ bhave na tiṭṭhe.

1060. evaṃvihāri sato appamatto,
bhikkhu caraṃ hitvā mamāyitāni;
jātiṃ jaraṃ sokapariddavañca,
idheva vidvā pajaheyya dukkhaṃ.

1061. etāhinandāmi vaco mahesino, (iccāyasmā mettagu)
sukittitaṃ gotama nupadhikaṃ;
addhā hi bhagavā pahāsi dukkhaṃ,
tathā hi te vidito esa dhammo.

1062. te cāpi nūna pajaheyyu dukkhaṃ,
ye tvaṃ muni aṭṭhitaṃ ovadeyya;
taṃ taṃ namassāmi samecca nāga,
appeva maṃ bhagavā aṭṭhitaṃ ovadeyya.

1063. yaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vedaguṃ ābhijaññā, (mettaguti bhagavā)
akiñcanaṃ kāmabhave asattaṃ;
addhā hi so oghamimaṃ atāri,
tiṇṇo ca pāraṃ akhilo akaṅkho.

1064. vidvā ca so vedagu naro idha,
bhavābhave saṅgamimaṃ visajja;
so vitataṇho anigho nirāso,
atāri so jāti jaranti brūmiti.