[197] "Anuruddhas, what do you think of me: 'Those taints (āsava) which are defiling, which lead to renewed existence, which are accompanied by distress, which ripen in suffering (dukkha), which lead to future birth, aging, and death — these are unabandoned by the Tathāgata; therefore the Tathāgata, having reflected, uses one thing; having reflected, endures one thing; having reflected, avoids one thing; having reflected, dispels one thing'?"
"Thus indeed, venerable sir, do we think of the Blessed One: 'Those taints which are defiling, which lead to renewed existence, which are accompanied by distress, which ripen in suffering, which lead to future birth, aging, and death — these are abandoned by the Tathāgata; therefore the Tathāgata, having reflected, uses one thing; having reflected, endures one thing; having reflected, avoids one thing; having reflected, dispels one thing.'"
"Good, good, Anuruddhas! Those taints which are defiling, which lead to renewed existence, which are accompanied by distress, which ripen in suffering, which lead to future birth, aging, and death — these are abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, brought to non-existence, of a nature not to arise again in the future. Just as, Anuruddhas, a palm tree with its crown cut off is incapable of growing again, even so, Anuruddhas, those taints which are defiling, which lead to renewed existence, which are accompanied by distress, which ripen in suffering, which lead to future birth, aging, and death — these are abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, brought to non-existence, of a nature not to arise again in the future. Therefore the Tathāgata, having reflected, uses one thing; having reflected, endures one thing; having reflected, avoids one thing; having reflected, dispels one thing."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.