Listen up, all my relatives, those who have gathered here: I’ll teach you Dhamma! Painful is birth again and again.
“Suṇātha ñātayo sabbe, yāvantettha samāgatā; Dhammaṁ vo desayissāmi, dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ.
Rouse yourselves, try harder! Devote yourselves to the instructions of the Buddha! Crush the army of death, as an elephant a hut of reeds.
Ārambhatha nikkamatha, Yuñjatha buddhasāsane; Dhunātha maccuno senaṁ, Naḷāgāraṁva kuñjaro.
Whoever shall meditate diligently in this teaching and training, giving up transmigration, will make an end to suffering.
Yo imasmiṁ dhammavinaye, appamatto vihassati; Pahāya jātisaṁsāraṁ, dukkhassantaṁ karissatī”ti. … Abhibhūto thero ….
