Linked Discourses 1.56 6. Old Age Gives Birth (2nd) (SN1.56)

1.1

“Kiṁsu janeti purisaṁ,

“What gives birth to a person?

1.2

kiṁsu tassa vidhāvati;

What do they have that runs about?

1.3

Kiṁsu saṁsāramāpādi,

What enters transmigration?

1.4

kismā na parimuccatī”ti.

From what are they not free?”

2.1

“Taṇhā janeti purisaṁ,

“Craving gives birth to a person.

2.2

cittamassa vidhāvati;

Their mind is what runs about.

2.3

Satto saṁsāramāpādi,

A sentient being enters transmigration.

2.4

dukkhā na parimuccatī”ti.

From suffering they are not free.”