[40] 3. Thus have I heard. On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Uruvelā, on the bank of the river Nerañjarā, at the foot of the Bodhi tree, newly fully awakened. Now on that occasion the Blessed One had been seated for seven days in a single cross-legged posture, experiencing the bliss of liberation (vimuttisukha). Then, at the end of those seven days, the Blessed One, having emerged from that concentration (samādhi), during the last watch of the night gave careful attention to dependent origination (paṭiccasamuppāda) in forward and reverse order, thus: "When this exists, that comes to be; with the arising of this, that arises. When this does not exist, that does not come to be; with the cessation (nirodha) of this, that ceases. That is to say: with ignorance (avijjā) as condition, volitional formations (saṅkhārā) [come to be]; with volitional formations as condition, consciousness (viññāṇa); with consciousness as condition, name-and-form (nāmarūpa); with name-and-form as condition, the six sense bases (saḷāyatana); with the six sense bases as condition, contact (phassa); with contact as condition, feeling (vedanā); with feeling as condition, craving (taṇhā); with craving as condition, clinging (upādāna); with clinging as condition, existence (bhava); with existence as condition, birth (jāti); with birth as condition, aging-and-death (jarāmaraṇa) and sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair (soka-parideva-dukkha-domanass-upāyāsā) come to be. Such is the origin (samudaya) of this whole mass of suffering (dukkha). But with the remainderless fading away and cessation of that very ignorance comes the cessation of volitional formations; with the cessation of volitional formations, the cessation of consciousness; with the cessation of consciousness, the cessation of name-and-form; with the cessation of name-and-form, the cessation of the six sense bases; with the cessation of the six sense bases, the cessation of contact; with the cessation of contact, the cessation of feeling; with the cessation of feeling, the cessation of craving; with the cessation of craving, the cessation of clinging; with the cessation of clinging, the cessation of existence; with the cessation of existence, the cessation of birth; with the cessation of birth, aging-and-death and sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair cease. Such is the cessation of this whole mass of suffering."
Then the Blessed One, understanding this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
"When indeed dhammas become manifest
to the ardent (ātāpī), meditating brahmin,
he stands dispelling the army of Māra,
like the sun illuminating the sky."
The third [sutta].
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.