an3.104:1.1 “Mendicants, I went in search of the world’s gratification, and I found it.
an3.104:1.2 I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of gratification in the world.
an3.104:1.3 I went in search of the world’s drawbacks, and I found them.
an3.104:1.4 I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of the drawbacks in the world.
an3.104:1.5 I went in search of escape from the world, and I found it.
an3.104:1.6 I’ve seen clearly with wisdom the full extent of escape from the world.
an3.104:1.7 As long as I didn’t truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, I didn’t announce my supreme perfect awakening in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans.
an3.104:1.8 But when I did truly understand the world’s gratification, drawback, and escape for what they are, I announced my supreme perfect awakening in this world with its gods, Māras, and divinities, this population with its ascetics and brahmins, its gods and humans.
an3.104:1.9 Knowledge and vision arose in me:
an3.104:1.10 ‘My freedom is unshakable; this is my last rebirth; now there’ll be no more future lives.’”
