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Itivuttaka 58

Taṇhāsutta

Craving · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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said + thisVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said + perfected·quotationvuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:

three“Tisso theseimā, mendicantsbhikkhave, cravingstaṇhā.
whatKatamā threetisso?
craving for sensual pleasuresKāmataṇhā, craving for continued existencebhavataṇhā, craving for nonexistencevibhavataṇhā—
theseimā indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, threetisso cravingstaṇhā”ti.
this + matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
that + thisTatthetaṁ it is saiditi is saidvuccati:

craving + bond“Taṇhāyogena together·boundsaṁyuttā,
desirous·mindrattacittā for rebirth in this or that statebhavābhave;
theseTe yoke + yokedyogayuttā of Māramārassa,
not·sanctuary from the yokeayogakkhemino peoplejanā;
sentient beingsSattā continue to gogacchanti to saṁsārasaṁsāraṁ,
birth + death + goingjātīmaraṇagāmino.

whoYe andca cravingtaṇhaṁ having given uppahantvāna,
free from cravingvītataṇhā in this or that state of becomingbhavābhave;
theyTe trulyve gone beyondpāraṅgatā in the worldloke,
whoye reachedpattā the ending of defilementsāsavakkhayan”ti.

this·tooAyampi matterattho spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme heard·quotation markersutanti.
ninthNavamaṁ.

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