The House-Builder
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through the round of many birthsAnekajātisaṃsāraṃ,
I have wanderedsandhāvissaṃ
finding nothinganibbisaṃ;
the house-builderGahakāraṃ
seekinggavesanto,
painfuldukkhā
is birthjāti
again and againpunappunaṃ.
O house-builderGahakāraka
you are seendiṭṭhosi,
againpuna
a housegehaṃ
notna
you will buildkāhasi;
allSabbā
yourte
raftersphāsukā
are brokenbhaggā,
the ridgepolegahakūṭaṃ
is shatteredvisaṅkhataṃ;
gone to the unconditionedVisaṅkhāragataṃ
the mindcittaṃ,
of cravingstaṇhānaṃ
has reached the destructionkhayamajjhagā.
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