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-āhaṃ purā kiṃci jāṇāmi savva-lokaṃsi. gāhāvatiputteṇa ||*1||
taruṇeṇa arahatā isiṇā buitaṃ. ||*2||
aṇṇāṇa-mūlakaṃ khalu bho puvvaṃ na jāṇāmi na pāsāmi no ||*3||
'bhisamāvemi no 'bhisaṃbujjhāmi, nāṇa-mūlākaṃ khalu bho ||*4||
iyāṇiṃ jāṇāmi pāsāmi abhisamāvemi abhisaṃbujjhāmi. aṇṇāṇa- ||*5||
mūlayaṃ khalu mama kāmehiṃ kiccaṃ karaṇijjaṃ, -āṇa-mūlayaṃ ||*6||
khalu mama kāmehiṃ akiccaṃ akaraṇijjaṃ. aṇṇāṇa-mūlayaṃ ||*7||
jīvā cāurantaṃ saṃsāraṃ jāva pariyaanti, -āṇa-mūlayaṃ jīvā ||*8||
cāurantaṃ jāva vīyīvayanti. tamhā aṇṇāṇaṃ parivajja -āṇa- ||*9||
mūlakaṃ savva-dukkhāṇaṃ antaṃ karissāmi, savva-dukkhāṇaṃ ||*10||
antaṃ kiccā sivam acala-jāva sāsataṃ abbhuvagate ciṭhissāmi. ||*11||
aṇṇāṇaṃ paramaṃ dukkhaṃ, | aṇṇāṇā jāyate bhayaṃ /
aṇṇāṇa-mūlo saṃsāro | viviho savva-dehiṇaṃ ||1||
migā bajjhanti pāsehiṃ | vihaṃgā matta-vāraṇā /
macchā galehi sāsanti, | aṇṇāṇaṃ sumahab-bhayaṃ ||2||
jammaṃ jarā ya maccū ya | soko māṇo 'vamāṇaṇā /
aṇṇāṇa-mūlaṃ jīvāṇaṃ | saṃsārassa ya saṃtatī ||3||
aṇṇāṇeṇa ahaṃ puvvaṃ | dīhaṃ saṃsāra-sāgaraṃ /
jamma-joṇi-bhay' āvattaṃ | saranto dukkha-jālakaṃ ||4||
dīve pāto payangassa, | kosiyārissa bandhaṇaṃ /
kiṃpāka-bhakkhaṇaṃ c' eva | aṇṇāṇassa -idaṃsaṇaṃ ||5||
bitiyaṃ jaro dupāṇatthaṃ | diṭho aṇṇāṇa-mohito /
sambhagga-gāta-laṭhī u | migārī -idhaṇaṃ gao ||6||
migārī ya bhuyango ya | aṇṇāṇeṇa vimohitā /
gāhā-daṃsaṇṇivāteṇaṃ | viṇāsaṃ do vi te gatā ||7||
suppiyaṃ taṇayaṃ bhaddā | aṇṇāṇeṇa vimohitā /
mātā tass' eva sogeṇa | kuddhā taṃ c' eva khādati ||8||
viṇṇāso osahīṇaṃ tu | saṃjogāṇaṃ va joyaṇaṃ /
sāhaṇaṃ vā vi vijjāṇaṃ | aṇṇāṇeṇa -a sijjhati ||9||
viṇṇāso osahīṇaṃ tu | saṃjogāṇaṃ va joyaṇaṃ /
sāhaṇaṃ vā vi vijjāṇaṃ | -āṇa-jogeṇa sijjhati ||10||
evaṃ se siddhe buddhe ... -o puṇar-avi icc-atthaṃ havvam āgacchati tti bemi. ||*12||
|| gāhāvaijjaṃ nām' ajjhayaṇaṃ. ||21||

"Formerly I did not know anything in the whole world." Spoken by Gāhāvaiputta ||*1
the young one, the arhat seer: ||*2
"Rooted in ignorance, indeed, sirs, previously I did not know, I did not see, I did not ||*3
comprehend, I did not understand; rooted in knowledge, indeed, sirs, ||*4
now I know, I see, I comprehend, I understand. Rooted in ignorance, ||*5
indeed, deeds with sensual desires were to be done by me; rooted in knowledge, ||*6
indeed, deeds with sensual desires are not to be done, are avoided by me. Rooted in ignorance, ||*7
living beings wander through four-ended saṃsāra; rooted in knowledge, living beings ||*8
cross over the four-ended [saṃsāra]. Therefore, abandoning ignorance, rooted in knowledge ||*9
I shall make an end to all suffering; having made an end to all suffering, ||*10
I shall remain having attained the auspicious, the unshakeable, the eternal." ||*11
Ignorance is supreme suffering; from ignorance arises fear.
Saṃsāra is rooted in ignorance, manifold for all embodied beings. ||1
Deer are bound by snares, birds, and rutting elephants;
fish gasp on hooks: ignorance is a very great danger. ||2
Birth, old age, and death, sorrow, pride, and humiliation,
Ignorance is the root of living beings, / and of the continuity of saṃsāra. ||3
Through ignorance, formerly, I [traversed] / the long ocean of saṃsāra,
an eddy of fears of birth and womb, / remembering the web of suffering. ||4
The fall of a moth into a lamp, / the binding of the silkworm,
and the eating of the kiṃpāka fruit, / are the illustration of ignorance. ||5
Secondly, the aged man, deluded by ignorance, / was seen desiring a second life;
with his bodily staff shattered, / the lion met his end here. ||6
Both the lion and the serpent, / deluded by ignorance,
through the fall of a crocodile's bite, / met with destruction, both of them. ||7
Bhadrikā, deluded by ignorance / regarding her well-beloved son,
out of grief for him, angered, / that mother devours that very [son]. ||8
The destruction of medicinal herbs, / or the compounding of mixtures,
or the attainment of magical lores / is not accomplished through ignorance. ||9
The destruction of medicinal herbs, / or the compounding of mixtures,
or the attainment of magical lores / is accomplished through the application of knowledge. ||10
Thus he is perfected, enlightened... does not return again to this purpose; so I say. ||*12
|| The chapter named Gāhāvatīya (The Householder). ||21