[98] Few among human beings are those people who go to the far shore;
the rest of this populace merely runs along the near bank.
But those who conduct themselves in accordance with the Dhamma,
in the Dhamma that has been rightly proclaimed—
those people will cross over to the far shore,
beyond the realm of death (maccudheyya), so very hard to cross.
Having abandoned the dark state, the wise one should develop the bright,
having come from home into homelessness,
into seclusion, where delight is hard to find.
There one should wish for delight; having given up sensual pleasures,
owning nothing, the wise one should cleanse himself
of the defilements of the mind (citta).
Those whose mind (citta) is rightly well developed
in the factors of full awakening (sambodhiyaṅga),
who, without clinging, delight in the relinquishment of grasping—
they, with taints (āsava) destroyed, resplendent,
have attained final Nibbāna in the world.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.