[207] "Therefore the sages, having abandoned possession, wandered, seers of security."
"Therefore" (tasmā): therefore — for that reason, from that cause, owing to that condition, with that as its source — seeing this danger in things cherished as "mine": therefore.
"Sages" (munayo): sagacity (mona) is what knowledge (ñāṇa) is called: the wisdom, the understanding … non-delusion, investigation of dhammas, right view. Endowed with that knowledge they are sages (munis), attained to sagacity. There are three kinds of sagacity: sagacity of body, sagacity of speech, sagacity of mind … Having passed beyond the net of attachments, he is a sage.
"Possession" (pariggaha): there are two possessions: possession through craving (taṇhā) and possession through views … This is possession through craving … This is possession through views. The sages, having abandoned possession through craving, having relinquished possession through views, fared, wandered, moved about, proceeded, kept themselves, went on, kept themselves going.
"Seers of security" (khemadassino): security (khema) is what the deathless, Nibbāna, is called — that which is the stilling of all formations, the relinquishing of all acquisitions (upadhi), the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna. "Seers of security": seers of security, seers of shelter, seers of a refuge-cave, seers of refuge, seers of fearlessness, seers of the imperishable, seers of the deathless, seers of Nibbāna. Therefore: "Therefore the sages, having abandoned possession, wandered, seers of security." Hence the Blessed One said:
Greedy for what is cherished as "mine,"
they do not abandon sorrow, lamentation, and avarice;
therefore the sages, having abandoned possession,
wandered, seers of security.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.