[757] "Just so, great king, that form by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him has been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, so that it is of a nature not to arise again in the future. Freed from reckoning in terms of form, great king, the Tathāgata is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just like the great ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply.
That feeling (vedanā) by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him has been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, so that it is of a nature not to arise again in the future. Freed from reckoning in terms of feeling, great king, the Tathāgata is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just like the great ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply.
That perception by which one describing the Tathāgata … Those volitional formations by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him have been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, so that they are of a nature not to arise again in the future. Freed from reckoning in terms of volitional formations, great king, the Tathāgata is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just like the great ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply.
That consciousness by which one describing the Tathāgata might describe him has been abandoned by the Tathāgata, cut off at the root, made like a palm stump, obliterated, so that it is of a nature not to arise again in the future. Freed from reckoning in terms of consciousness, great king, the Tathāgata is deep, immeasurable, hard to fathom, just like the great ocean. 'The Tathāgata exists after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death' does not apply; 'the Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death' does not apply."
Then King Pasenadi of Kosala, having delighted in and rejoiced at the words of the bhikkhunī Khemā, rose from his seat, paid homage to the bhikkhunī Khemā, circumambulated her keeping her on his right, and departed.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.