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When I went forth, from home to homelessness; I do not know of any thought, ignoble, associated with ill-will. ‘May these be slain, may they be bound, may beings experience suffering’; I do not know of such a thought, throughout this long interval. But I do know of loving-kindness, immeasurable, well-developed; Gradually cultivated, as taught by the Buddha. A friend to all, a companion to all, compassionate to all beings; I develop a mind of loving-kindness, always delighting in non-harming. Undisturbed, unagitated, I gladden my mind; I develop the divine abiding, practiced by noble ones. Having attained the thought-free state, a disciple of the Perfectly Self-Awakened One; Is endowed with noble silence, at that very moment. Just as a rocky mountain, unmoving, well-established; So a monk, with the destruction of delusion, does not tremble like a mountain. For a person without defilements, always seeking purity; An evil as small as a hair-tip, appears as vast as a cloud. Just as a frontier city, guarded inside and out; So guard yourselves, let not the moment pass you by. I do not delight in death, I do not delight in life; I await my time, like a hired worker who has finished his task. I do not delight in death, I do not delight in life; I await my time, mindful and clearly comprehending. The Teacher has been attended by me, the Buddha's teaching has been done; The heavy burden has been laid down, the craving for existence has been uprooted. For the sake of which I went forth, from home to homelessness; That goal has been attained by me, the destruction of all fetters. Accomplish it with diligence, this is my instruction; Now I shall attain final Nibbāna, I am completely liberated. Just as a noble thoroughbred, yoked to the shaft, bearing the burden; Crushed by excessive weight does not overcome the bond. 660. Those who are thus satisfied with wisdom, like the ocean with water; Do not despise others, just as the noble Dhamma is for beings. 661. Having fallen into the power of time in due time, having gone into the power of existence and non-existence; People encounter suffering, these youths here lament. 662. Exalted by pleasant conditions, and depressed by painful conditions; Fools are afflicted by both, not seeing things as they truly are. 663. And those who, in suffering and in happiness, have gone beyond the seam; They stand like an Indra-post, they are neither exalted nor depressed. 664. Not in gain nor in loss, not in fame nor in renown; Not in blame nor in praise, not in suffering nor in happiness. 665. In all things they are not stained, like a water-drop on a lotus leaf; The wise are happy everywhere, everywhere unconquered. 666. And that loss which is by Dhamma, and that gain which is unrighteous; The righteous loss is better, than unrighteous gain. 667. And that fame of the unintelligent, and that disrepute of the discerning; Disrepute for the discerning is better, than fame for the unintelligent. 668. And that praise from the foolish, and that blame from the discerning; Blame from the discerning is better, than praise from fools. 669. And that pleasure born of sensual desires, and that suffering of seclusion; The suffering of seclusion is better, than pleasure born of sensual desires. 670. And that life by unrighteousness, and that death by righteousness; Righteous death is better, than living unrighteously. 671. Those who have abandoned lust and anger, with peaceful minds in existence and non-existence; They wander in the world unattached, there is no dear or undear for them. 672. Having developed the factors of awakening, and the faculties and powers; Having attained supreme peace, they attain final Nibbāna, free from defilements.