Dutiyaāsavasutta

Itivuttaka 57

So It Was Said 57

Tikanipāta

The Book of the Threes

Paṭhamavagga

Chapter One

Dutiyaāsavasutta

Defilements (2nd)

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

“Tayome, bhikkhave, āsavā.

“Mendicants, there are these three defilements.

Katame tayo?

What three?

Kāmāsavo, bhavāsavo, avijjāsavo—

The defilements of sensuality, desire to be reborn, and ignorance.

ime kho, bhikkhave, tayo āsavā”ti.

These are the three defilements.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

The Buddha spoke this matter.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

On this it is said:

“Yassa kāmāsavo khīṇo,

“One who has ended the defilement of sensuality,

avijjā ca virājitā;

whose ignorance has faded away,

Bhavāsavo parikkhīṇo,

and whose desire to be reborn is finished—

vippamutto nirūpadhi;

liberated, free of attachments,

Dhāreti antimaṁ dehaṁ,

they bear their final body,

jetvā māraṁ savāhinin”ti.

having vanquished Māra with his legions.”

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.