[489] Then the Venerable Godhika, dwelling diligent (appamatta), ardent (ātāpī), and resolute (pahitatta), touched temporary (sāmāyika)¹ liberation of mind (cetovimutti). Then the Venerable Godhika fell away from that temporary liberation of mind. A second time the Venerable Godhika, dwelling diligent, ardent, and resolute, touched temporary liberation of mind. A second time the Venerable Godhika fell away from that temporary liberation of mind. A third time the Venerable Godhika, dwelling diligent, ardent, and resolute, touched temporary liberation of mind. A third time the Venerable Godhika fell away from that …. A fourth time the Venerable Godhika, diligent, … touched. A fourth time the Venerable Godhika fell away from that …. A fifth time the Venerable Godhika … touched. A fifth time the Venerable Godhika … fell away. A sixth time the Venerable Godhika, dwelling diligent, ardent, and resolute, touched temporary liberation of mind. A sixth time the Venerable Godhika fell away from that temporary liberation of mind. A seventh time the Venerable Godhika, dwelling diligent, ardent, and resolute, touched temporary liberation of mind.
Then it occurred to the Venerable Godhika: "Up to the sixth time now I have fallen away from temporary liberation of mind. Suppose I were to use the knife (satthaṃ āhareyyaṃ)."
¹ Variant readings (Siam apparatus): Yu. sāmādhikaṃ; Ma. sāmayikaṃ.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.