[442] 4.
"Behold, Nandā, this heaped-up body (samussaya) — ailing, impure, putrid;
develop the mind (citta) upon foulness (asubha), one-pointed, well concentrated.
As is this, so is that; as is that, so is this:
it wafts a foul, putrid stench — yet it is delighted in by fools."
Contemplating it thus, untiring by day and by night,
then, having pierced it through, I shall see by my own wisdom (paññā).
As I dwelt diligent, investigating with proper attention (yoniso),
this body was seen by me as it really is (yathābhūta), both within and without.
Then I became disenchanted with the body, and inwardly I grew dispassionate;
diligent, unfettered, I am at peace — quenched (nibbutā).
Nandā.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.