I was, indeed, an astute scholar, 
competent to think on the meaning. 
The five kinds of sensual stimulation in the world, 
so delusory, were my downfall. 

Leaping into Māra’s domain, 
I was struck by a powerful dart. 
But I was able to free myself 
from the trap laid by the King of Death. 

I have given up all sensual pleasures; 
all rebirths are shattered; 
transmigration through births is finished; 
now there’ll be no more future lives.