[379] **Rid of craving (taṇhā) before the breakup, (said the Blessed One):** "before the breakup" means before the breakup of the body, before the breakup of individual existence (attabhāva), before the laying down of the carcass, before the cutting off of the life faculty (jīvitindriya). "Rid of craving": one whose craving is gone, whose craving is given up, vomited forth, released, abandoned, relinquished; rid of lust (rāga), whose lust is gone, whose lust is given up, vomited forth, released, abandoned, relinquished; hungerless, quenched, become cool, experiencing happiness, one dwells with a self become divine (brahmabhūta).
"**The Blessed One** (Bhagavā)": this is a term of reverence. Moreover, he is the Blessed One because he has broken (bhagga) lust; he is the Blessed One because he has broken hatred; he is the Blessed One because he has broken delusion; he is the Blessed One because he has broken conceit (māna); he is the Blessed One because he has broken views (diṭṭhi); he is the Blessed One because he has broken the thorn; he is the Blessed One because he has broken the defilements (kilesa). He is the Blessed One because he apportioned (bhaji), analyzed, and fully analyzed the jewel of the Dhamma. He is the Blessed One because he is a maker of an end of existences (bhava). He is the Blessed One because he is developed (bhāvita) in body; he is the Blessed One because he is developed in virtue, developed in mind (citta), developed in wisdom. Or: the Blessed One resorted to (bhaji) remote lodgings in forests and woodland thickets, of little sound, of little noise, devoid of the breath of people, fit for human privacy, suitable for seclusion — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker (bhāgī) of robes, almsfood, lodgings, and medicinal requisites for the sick — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the taste of the goal, the taste of the Dhamma, the taste of liberation; of the higher virtue, the higher mind, the higher wisdom — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four jhānas, the four boundless states (appamaññā), the four formless attainments — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the eight liberations (vimokkha), the eight bases of mastery (abhibhāyatana), the nine successive dwelling-attainments — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten developments of perception, the ten kasiṇa attainments, of concentration (samādhi) through mindfulness of breathing (ānāpānasati), of the attainment of (meditation on) foulness (asubha) — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the four right strivings (sammappadhāna), the four bases of spiritual power (iddhipāda), the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the noble eightfold path (magga) — therefore he is the Blessed One. Or: the Blessed One is a partaker of the ten Tathāgata powers, the four grounds of self-confidence (vesārajja), the four analytic insights (paṭisambhidā), the six superknowledges (abhiññā), the six Buddha-qualities — therefore he is the Blessed One.
"Bhagavā": this name was not made by a mother, not made by a father, not made by a brother, not made by a sister, not made by friends and companions, not made by kinsmen and blood relations, not made by ascetics and brahmins, not made by deities. This name of the Buddhas, the Blessed Ones, is consequent upon liberation (vimokkhantika), a designation arising from realization (sacchikā paññatti) together with the attainment of the knowledge (ñāṇa) of omniscience at the foot of the Bodhi tree — namely, "Bhagavā". Hence: **Rid of craving before the breakup, said the Blessed One.**
[Siam Raṭṭha edition footnotes: ¹ Po., M. read *purakkhataṃ*. ² M.: this reading is absent.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.