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Him they call a sage, wandering alone; That great sage has seen the state of peace. 211. Having understood the foundations, having abandoned the seed, He does not let affection arise in it. That sage, indeed, is one who sees the end of birth, Having abandoned speculation, he does not enter into reckoning. 212. Having understood all dwellings, Not desiring any one of them, That sage, indeed, is free from craving, without greed, He does not accumulate; he has gone to the other shore. 213. One who overcomes all, knows all, is wise, Untainted by all things, One who abandons all, liberated by the destruction of craving— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. 214. One endowed with the power of wisdom and virtue, Composed, delighting in meditation, mindful, Released from ties, faultless, without defilements— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. 215. A sage wandering alone, diligent, Unshaken by blame and praise, Like a lion, not trembling at sounds, Like the wind, not caught in a net, Like a lotus, not stained by water, A leader of others, not led by others— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. 216. He who, like a post, stands firm in the deep, About whom others speak to the limit of their words, That one, free from passion, with well-composed faculties— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. 217. He who, with a steadfast self, is straight like an arrow, And abhors evil deeds, Examining both the uneven and the even— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. 218. He who, with a restrained self, does no evil, Whether young or middle-aged, a sage with a disciplined self, Not to be angered, he angers no one— Him, too, the wise declare a sage. Whether from top, middle, or remainder, one who lives on others' alms obtains a lump; Not worthy of praise, nor one who speaks ill, the wise declare him a sage. A sage who walks, abstaining from sex, who is not bound anywhere in youth; Abstaining from pride and heedlessness, completely freed, the wise declare him a sage. Having understood the world, seeing the ultimate truth, having crossed the flood, the ocean, such a one; Him, with fetters cut, unbound, without defilements, the wise declare him a sage. Unequal are both, whose ways of life are far apart, the householder supporting a wife, and the selfless, well-behaved one; The householder, unrestrained, for the destruction of other beings, whereas the sage always protects living beings. Just as a peacock, a blue-necked bird, never attains the speed of a swan; So a householder does not imitate a monk, a sage who meditates in solitude in the forest. The Discourse on the Sage, the twelfth, is finished. The Uraga Chapter, the first, is finished. Its summary – The Snake, and the Wealthy, and the Rhinoceros Horn, and also the Cultivation; Cunda, and Downfall, the Outcast, the Cultivation of Loving-kindness. Sātāgira, Āḷavaka, Vijaya, and also the Sage; These twelve discourses are called the Uraga Chapter.