Mahākhandhako The Great Chapter - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Great Chapter - 18
taṇhānirodhā upādānanirodho,
from the cessation of craving, the cessation of attachment,
upādānanirodhā bhavanirodho,
from the cessation of attachment, the cessation of continuation,
bhavanirodhā jātinirodho,
from the cessation of continuation, the cessation of birth,
jātinirodhā jarāmaraṇaṁ,
from the cessation of birth, old age, death,
sokaparidevadukkhadomanassupāyāsā nirujjhanti,
grief, lamentation, pain, sorrow, and despair (all) cease,
evam-etassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī” ti.
and so there is a cessation of this whole mass of suffering.”
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Yadā have pātubhavanti dhammā
“When (the nature of) things becomes really manifest
Ātāpino jhāyato brāhmaṇassa,
To the ardent meditating brāhmaṇa,
Athassa kaṅkhā vapayanti sabbā,
Then all his doubts disappear,
Yato khayaṁ paccayānaṁ avedī” ti.
Since the destruction of causes has been understood.” 30
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Atha kho Bhagavā rattiyā pacchimaṁ yāmaṁ,
Then the Gracious One, for the last watch of the night, 31
paṭiccasamuppādaṁ anulomapaṭilomaṁ manasākāsi:
applied his mind thoroughly to conditional origination in forward and reverse order:
30 This verse refers to the cessation of suffering.
31 Cf. Udāna 1.3.