The House-Builder
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Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ,
sandhāvissaṃ
anibbisaṃ;
Gahakāraṃ
gavesanto,
dukkhā
jāti
punappunaṃ.
Through the round of many births I have wandered without finding, seeking the builder of this house: painful is birth again and again.
Gahakāraka
diṭṭhosi,
puna
gehaṃ
na
kāhasi;
Sabbā
te
phāsukā
bhaggā,
gahakūṭaṃ
visaṅkhataṃ;
Visaṅkhāragataṃ
cittaṃ,
taṇhānaṃ
khayamajjhagā.
House-builder, you are seen! You will not build a house again. All your rafters are broken, the ridgepole is shattered; the mind, gone to the unconditioned, has reached the end of craving.
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