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.
Through the round of many births I have wandered without finding, seeking the builder of this house: painful is birth again and again.
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.
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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