[354] 8.
Well taught by the One with Vision,
by the Buddha, the Kinsman of the Sun,
is [the path] that has passed beyond all fetters (saṃyojana),
the destroyer of the entire round (vaṭṭa);
leading out, carrying one across,
drying up the root of craving (taṇhā);
having broken the place of slaughter whose root is poison,
it brings one to quenching (nibbuti).
For the breaking of the root of unknowing (aññāṇa),
it smashes the machine of kamma;
it lets fall the thunderbolt of knowledge (ñāṇa)
upon the grasping of consciousnesses (viññāṇa);
it makes feelings (vedanā) understood,
it releases one from clinging (upādāna),
beholding with knowledge existence (bhava)
as a pit of glowing coals;
of great flavor, exceedingly profound,
warding off aging and death (jarāmaccu)—
the Noble Eightfold Path (ariyo aṭṭhaṅgiko maggo),
stilling suffering (dukkha), blissful.
Knowing kamma as kamma,
and result (vipāka) as result,
showing in their true light
the dhammas that have arisen dependently,
it leads to the great security, peaceful,
excellent in its consummation.
The Elder Migajāla.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.