[391] **"Declare the state of peace, O One whose Eye arose together with awakening" (santipadaṃ brūhi sahājanetta):** "Peace" (santi) — in one manner, both peace and the state of peace are that very deathless (amata) Nibbāna, namely: the stilling of all formations, the relinquishment of all acquisitions (upadhi), the destruction of craving (taṇhā), dispassion (virāga), cessation, Nibbāna. For this has been said by the Blessed One: "This is a peaceful state, this is a sublime state, namely: the stilling of all formations, the relinquishment of all acquisitions, the destruction of craving, dispassion, cessation, Nibbāna."
Then, in another manner, those dhammas that conduce to the attainment of peace, to the touching of peace, to the realization [of peace] — namely: the four establishments of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna), the four right strivings, the four bases of spiritual power, the five faculties, the five powers, the seven factors of awakening (bojjhaṅga), the noble eightfold path — these are called states of peace.
"Declare the state of peace" — the state of shelter, the state of refuge-cave, the state of refuge, the state of fearlessness, the state of the unfallen, the deathless state, the state of Nibbāna — declare it, point it out, teach it, make it known, establish it, disclose it, analyze it, make it plain, proclaim it.
**"O One whose Eye arose together" (sahājanetta):** "Eye" (netta) is a designation for the knowledge of omniscience (sabbaññutañāṇa). For the Buddha, the Blessed One, the Eye and the state of being a Victor (jinabhāva) arose neither before nor after one another, in a single moment, at the foot of the Bodhi tree; therefore the Buddha is "one whose Eye arose together [with awakening]." Hence: "Declare the state of peace, O One whose Eye arose together with awakening."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.