[757] When my mind (citta) was thus concentrated (samādhi), purified, bright, unblemished, rid of defilement (upakkilesa), malleable, wieldy, steady, and attained to imperturbability, I directed my mind to the knowledge (ñāṇa) of the destruction of the taints (āsava). I directly knew as it really is (yathābhūta): 'This is suffering (dukkha)'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the origin of suffering'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the cessation of suffering'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of suffering.' I directly knew as it really is: 'These are the taints'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the origin of the taints'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the cessation of the taints'; I directly knew as it really is: 'This is the way of practice leading to the cessation of the taints.' When I thus knew and thus saw, my mind was liberated from the taint of sensuality, my mind was liberated from the taint of existence, my mind was liberated from the taint of ignorance. When it was liberated, there came the knowledge: 'It is liberated.' I directly knew: 'Birth (jāti) is destroyed, the holy life (brahmacariya) has been lived, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this state of being.'
This, Bhāradvāja, was the third true knowledge (vijjā) attained by me in the last watch of the night. Ignorance (avijjā) was dispelled, true knowledge arose; darkness was dispelled, light arose — as happens for one who dwells diligent, ardent (ātāpī), and resolute.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.