Maharukkhasutta 4.1-10

4.1

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahārukkho.

Suppose there was a great tree.

4.2

Atha puriso āgaccheyya kuddālapiṭakaṃ ādāya.

Then a person comes along with a spade and basket.

4.3

So taṃ rukkhaṃ mūle chindeyya, mūlaṃ chinditvā palikhaṇeyya, palikhaṇitvā mūlāni uddhareyya antamaso usīranāḷimattānipi.

They’d cut the tree down at the roots, dig it up, and pull the roots out, down to the fibers and stems.

4.4

So taṃ rukkhaṃ khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṃ chindeyya, khaṇḍākhaṇḍikaṃ chinditvā phāleyya, phāletvā sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ kareyya, sakalikaṃ sakalikaṃ karitvā vātātape visoseyya;

They’d cut the tree apart, cut up the parts, and chop it into splinters. They’d dry the splinters in the wind and sun, burn them with fire, and reduce them to ashes. Then they’d winnow the ashes in a strong wind, or float them away down a swift stream.

4.5

vātātape visosetvā agginā ḍaheyya, agginā ḍahetvā masiṃ kareyya, masiṃ karitvā mahāvāte vā ophuṇeyya nadiyā vā sīghasotāya pavāheyya.

4.6

Evañhi so, bhikkhave, mahārukkho ucchinnamūlo assa tālāvatthukato anabhāvaṅkato āyatiṃ anuppādadhammo.

In this way the great tree is cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, and unable to arise in the future.

4.7

Evameva kho, bhikkhave, upādāniyesu dhammesu ādīnavānupassino viharato taṇhā nirujjhati.

In the same way, there are things that fuel grasping. When you concentrate on the drawbacks of these things, your craving ceases.

4.8

Taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho;

When craving ceases, grasping ceases.

4.9

upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho …pe…

When grasping ceases, continued existence ceases. …

4.10

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī”ti.

That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.”