[13] "Bhikkhus, before my awakening, while I was still an unawakened bodhisatta, this occurred to me: 'What is the gratification (assāda) in the eye, what is the danger (ādīnava), what is the escape (nissaraṇa)? What is the gratification in the ear … ? What in the nose? What in the tongue? What in the body? What is the gratification in the mind, what is the danger, what is the escape?'
"Then, bhikkhus, this occurred to me: 'The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on the eye — this is the gratification in the eye. That the eye is impermanent, suffering (dukkha), and of a nature to change — this is the danger in the eye. The removal of desire and lust (chandarāga) for the eye, the abandoning of desire and lust — this is the escape from the eye. … The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on the tongue — this is the gratification in the tongue. That the tongue is impermanent, suffering, and of a nature to change — this is the danger in the tongue. The removal of desire and lust for the tongue, the abandoning of desire and lust — this is the escape from the tongue. … The pleasure and joy that arise in dependence on the mind — this is the gratification in the mind. That the mind is impermanent, suffering, and of a nature to change — this is the danger in the mind. The removal of desire and lust for the mind, the abandoning of desire and lust — this is the escape from the mind.'
"So long, bhikkhus, as I did not directly know, as it really is (yathābhūta), the gratification of these six internal sense bases (āyatana) as gratification, the danger as danger, and the escape as escape, for just so long, bhikkhus, did I not claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect awakening (sammāsambodhi) in this world with its devas, Māra, and Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans. But when, bhikkhus, I directly knew, as it really is, the gratification of these six internal sense bases as gratification, the danger as danger, and the escape as escape, then, bhikkhus, I claimed to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect awakening in this world with its devas, Māra, and Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans. And the knowledge (ñāṇa) and vision arose in me: 'Unshakable is my liberation; this is the last birth; now there is no renewed existence.'"
The first [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.