The House Builder
Aneka-jāti-saṅsāraṁ
Sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ,
Gahakāraṁ gavesanto
Dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ,
Through the round of many births I roamed
without reward, without rest, seeking the house builder.
Painful is birth again & again.
Gahakāraka diṭṭho’si
Puna-gehaṁ na kāhasi.
House builder, you are seen! You will not build a house again.
Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā
Gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ
Visaṅkhāra-gataṁ cittaṁ
Taṇhānaṁ khayam-ajjhagā.
All your rafters are broken, the ridgepole dismantled,
immersed in dismantling, the mind has attained the end of craving.
