appakātemanuṣyesu ye janāpāragāmino । athāyam itarā prajā tīram evānudhāvati ।।Amongst humans few people go beyond, the rest of the people run down the bank,

ye ca kho saṁmadākkhāte dhamme dhaṁmānuvattino । te janā pāram ehiṁti maccudheyaṁ suduttaraṁ ।।but those who live righteously, conforming with this well-taught Dhamma, those folk will go beyond the realm of death, which is very hard to cross.

kihne dhamme viprahāya śukre bhāvetha paṇḍitā । okā anokam āgaṁma viveko yattha dūramaṁ ।।Having abandoned the dark state, the wise ones should develop the bright, having gone forth to homelessness from home; in solitude, where it is hard to delight,

tatthābhiratim eṣāṇā hettā kāme akiṁcanā । payirodametha āttānaṁ cittaṁ kileśehi sabbaśo ।।one should seek to delight in that place, having given up sense pleasures, and having no possessions, he should purify the self of defilements of mind in every way.

yassa saṁbodhiaṁgehi samaṁ cittaṁ subhāvitaṁ । āttānapaṭinissagge anupādāya ye ratā ।For he who has well developed with peaceful mind the factors of complete awakening, having given up the self, those who delight in being unattached, khīṇāsavā jutīmanto te loke parinivṛtā ।।pollutant-free, shining forth, are emancipated in the world.

yadahi kiccaṁ tad apaviddhaṁ akiccaṁ puna kīrati । unnaddhānāṁ pramattānāṁ tesaṁ vaddhaṁti āsavā ।।That to be done is rejected, but what is not to be done is done, for the insolent, the heedless, their pollutants increase.

yesaṁ ca susamāraddhā niccaṁ kāyagatā satī । akiccaṁ te na sevaṁti kicce sātaccakāriṇo ।But for those who always properly undertake mindfulness of the body who do not practice what is not to be done, persisting in what is to be done, satānāṁ samprajānānāṁ tesaṁ khīyaṁti āsavā ।।for those mindful ones, those fully aware, their pollutants are destroyed.

paravajjānupaśśīnāṁ niccaṁ ojjhāyasaṁñinā । āsavā tesaṁ vaddhanti ārā te āsavakkhayā ।।Those who look for others’ fault, who constantly perceive offence, for them the pollutants increase, they are far from their destruction.

jāgarikām anuyuttānāṁ ahorāttānuśikkhiṇāṁ । nibbāṇe adhimuttānāṁ atthaṁ gacchaṁti āsavā ।।For those devoted to being alert, who train both by day and by night, who are intent on Nibbāna, the pollutants are laid to rest.

yesā ’savā parikkhīṇā āhāre ca aniśśitā । śuṁñatā ānimitto ca vimogho yesa gocaro ।For those whose pollutants are destroyed, who are not dependent on the foods, for those whose resort is the liberation that is empty or signless, ākāśe va śakuntānāṁ padaṁ tesaṁ durannayaṁ ।like the birds in the sky, their footprint is hard to find.

na hi śīlavrateneva bāhuśoccena vā puna । atha vā samādhilābhena vivittaśayanena vā ।।Not even through virtue or vows, or again through great learning, or through the attainment of concentration, or through a secluded dwelling,

phusāma nekkhaṁmasukhaṁ apṛthujjanasevitaṁ । bhikkhū viśśāsamāpādi aprāpyāsavakkhayaṁ ।।do we attain the happiness of renunciation, not practised by worldly people; let a monastic not be confident as long as the destruction of the pollutants is unattained.

nāyaṁ pramajjituṁ kālo ’prāpyāsavakkhayaṁ । pramattaṁ dukham anneti sīhaṁ vā mṛgamātikā ।This is not the time to be heedless, while the destruction of the pollutants is unattained, heedless he follows suffering, like the mother of deer follows the lion.

gabbham eke okraṁmanti nirayaṁ pāpakaṁmuṇo । saggaṁ sugatino yānti parinivvānti anāsavā ।।Some fall back into the womb, but those who are wicked in the underworld, the righteous go to heaven, those who are pollutant-free are emancipated.

yathā hrado ’ssa gaṁbhīro viprasanno anāvilo । evaṁ dhaṁmāṇi śottāna viprasīdaṁti paṇḍitā ।।Like a lake that is deep, clear and unruffled, just so the wise are confident after listening to Dhamma.

yassa jitaṁ nā ’ppajjīyati jitam assā na upeti antako । taṁ buddham anomanikramaṁ apadaṁ kena padena nehisi ।।He whose victory cannot be undone, whose victory does not come to an end, the Buddha, the one of superior effort, by what path will you lead the pathless one?

yassa jālinī visattikā tahnā nāsti kahiṁ ci netaye । taṁ buddham anantagocaraṁ apadaṁ kena padena nehisi ।।For him there is no desire, attachment, or craving to lead him anywhere, the Buddha, whose range is endless, by what path will you lead the pathless one?

ĀsavavarggaḥThe Chapter about the Pollutants