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Translation by Bhikkhuni Uppalavanna
- "A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
- Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
- He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
- A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
- Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
- May say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
- Clever in the ways of expression in the world,
- He would say it, wanting to convey the meaning
- A bhikkhu, who has done his duty as a worthy one
- Having destroyed desires, bears the last body
- Has overcome measuring, He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
- There are no bonds to one, who has dispelled measuring,
- He has dispelled all signs of measuring
- The wise one has overcome all thinking what so ever.
- He may say, `I say' or others `say it's to me'
- Clever in the ways of expression in the world,
- He would say it, wanting to convey the meaning."