[265] [The Blessed One said:]
"Not apart from the factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga) and austerity,⁴ not apart from restraint of the sense faculties (indriyasaṃvara),
not apart from the relinquishment of all, do I see safety for living beings."
This he said. … And right there he vanished.
# ⁱ An alternative reading is "rūpasaññojanātigo." ² Po., Ma. read "nandirāgaparikkhīṇo."
# ³ Ma. reads "ḍayhamānova." ⁴ Ma. reads "bojjhā tapasā."
The Kakudha Sutta, the Eighth
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.