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Saṁyojanasutta

Fetter Fetter

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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