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Bandhanasutta

Bondage Bonds

“Kiṁsu sambandhano loko,
“By what is the world held in bondage?
“What binds 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

sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
To cut off all bondage?”
are all bonds severed?”

“Nandīsambandhano loko,
“The world is held in bondage by delight;
“Delight binds 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

sabbaṁ chindati bandhanan”ti.
To cut off all bondage. ”
all bonds are severed.”