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Saṁyojanasutta

Fetter Fetter

“Kiṁsu saṁyojano loko,
“What fetters the world?
“By what is the world tightly fettered?

kiṁsu tassa vicāraṇaṁ;
How does it travel about?
What is its means of travelling about?

Kissassu vippahānena,
With the giving up of what
What is it that one must forsake

nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.
is extinguishment spoken of?”
In order to say, ‘Nibbāna’?”

“Nandīsaṁyojano loko,
“Delight fetters the world.
“The world is tightly fettered by delight;

vitakkassa vicāraṇaṁ;
It travels about by means of thought.
Thought is its means of travelling about.

Taṇhāya vippahānena,
With the giving up of craving
Craving is what one must forsake

nibbānaṁ iti vuccatī”ti.
extinguishment is spoken of.”
In order to say, ‘Nibbāna. ’”