By what is the world held bound? What is its means of locomotion? By the abandoning of what, is every bond cut?
“Kiṁsu sambandhano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
“By what is the world held bound?
What is its means of locomotion?
By the abandoning of what,
is every bond cut?”
“Nandīsambandhano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
[The Blessed One]: “The world is held bound by |delight::pleasure, enjoyment, relish [nandi]|,
thought is its means of locomotion;
It is by the abandoning of |craving::wanting, yearning, longing, attachment, lit. thirst [taṇhā]|,
that every bond is cut.”
“By what is the world held bound?
What is its means of locomotion?
By the abandoning of what,
is every bond cut?”
[The Blessed One]: “The world is held bound by |delight::pleasure, enjoyment, relish [nandi]|,
thought is its means of locomotion;
It is by the abandoning of |craving::wanting, yearning, longing, attachment, lit. thirst [taṇhā]|,
that every bond is cut.”
“Kiṁsu sambandhano loko,
kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Kissassu vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
“Nandīsambandhano loko,
vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
Taṇhāya vippahānena,
sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.