[544] Bhikkhus, I set out in search of the gratification (assāda) of the world; whatever gratification there is in the world, that I found; and as far as the gratification in the world extends, that has been well seen by me with wisdom (paññā). Bhikkhus, I set out in search of the danger (ādīnava) of the world; whatever danger there is in the world, that I found; and as far as the danger in the world extends, that has been well seen by me with wisdom. Bhikkhus, I set out in search of the escape (nissaraṇa) from the world; whatever escape there is from the world, that I found; and as far as the escape from the world extends, that has been well seen by me with wisdom.
Bhikkhus, so long as I did not directly know, as it really is, the gratification of the world as gratification, its danger as danger, and the escape from it as escape, for just so long, bhikkhus, I did not claim to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment (anuttarā sammāsambodhi) in this world with its devas, with its Māra, with its Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans. But when, bhikkhus, I directly knew, as it really is, the gratification of the world as gratification, its danger as danger, and the escape from it as escape, then, bhikkhus, I claimed to have awakened to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment in this world with its devas, with its Māra, with its Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, with its devas and humans. And the knowledge (ñāṇa) and vision arose in me: "Unshakable is my liberation (vimutti); this is my last birth (jāti); now there is no renewed existence."
The Assāda Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.