[559] "Householder, how should the meaning of this, spoken in brief, be seen in detail?"
"Venerable sir, was this spoken by the Blessed One?"
"So it was, householder."
"Then, venerable sir, wait a moment while I look into its meaning."
Then Citta the householder, having remained silent for a moment, said this to the Venerable Kāmabhū: "'Faultless in parts (nelaṅga),' venerable sir — this is a designation for virtues (sīla). 'White-canopied,' venerable sir — this is a designation for liberation (vimutti). 'One-spoked,' venerable sir — this is a designation for mindfulness. 'It rolls,' venerable sir — this is a designation for going forward and returning. 'Chariot,' venerable sir — this is a designation for this body composed of the four great elements, born of mother and father, built up on boiled rice and porridge, subject to impermanence, to being rubbed and massaged, to breaking up and dispersal.
"Lust, venerable sir, is an affliction (nīgha); hatred is an affliction; delusion (lobha, dosa, moha) is an affliction. For the bhikkhu whose taints (āsava) are destroyed, these have been abandoned, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that they are no longer subject to future arising. Therefore the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is called 'unafflicted.'
"'The one coming,' venerable sir — this is a designation for the arahant. 'Stream,' venerable sir — this is a designation for craving (taṇhā). For the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, this has been abandoned, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that it is no longer subject to future arising. Therefore the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is called 'one whose stream is cut.'
"Lust, venerable sir, is a bond; hatred is a bond; delusion is a bond. For the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed, these have been abandoned, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated so that they are no longer subject to future arising. Therefore the bhikkhu whose taints are destroyed is called 'unbound.'
"Thus, venerable sir, as to what was said by the Blessed One:
Faultless in parts, white-canopied,
one-spoked, the chariot rolls;
behold the one coming, unafflicted,
his stream cut, unbound —
it is in this way, venerable sir, that I understand in detail the meaning of what was spoken in brief by the Blessed One."
"It is a gain for you, householder, it is well gained by you, householder, in that your eye of wisdom (paññācakkhu) ranges over the deep word of the Buddha."
The fifth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.