10.
The Tenth Chapter
1.
Verses of the Elder Paripuṇṇaka
91.
The Teaching taught by Gotama, the Buddha, the one of unlimited vision."
... The Elder Paripuṇṇaka...
2.
Verses of the Elder Vijaya
92.
Emptiness and signless, deliverance is whose resort;
Like birds in space, his track is hard to trace."
... The Elder Vijaya...
3.
Verses of the Elder Eraka
93.
Whoever desires sensual pleasures, he desires suffering, Eraka;
Whoever does not desire sensual pleasures, he does not desire suffering, Eraka."
... The Elder Eraka...
4.
Verses of the Elder Mettaji
94.
By him who has attained the highest, the highest teaching was well expounded."
... The Elder Mettaji...
5.
Verses of the Elder Cakkhupāla
95.
Even lying down I will go, not with an evil companion."
... The Elder Cakkhupāla...
6.
Verses of the Elder Khaṇḍasumana
96.
Having enjoyed myself in the heavens, by the remainder I am quenched."
... The Elder Khaṇḍasumana...
7.
Verses of the Elder Tissa
97.
I took up a clay bowl - this is my second consecration."
... The Elder Tissa...
8.
Verses of the Elder Abhaya
98.
With a mind filled with lust one feels, and remains grasping it;
For him mental corruptions increase, leading to the root of existence."
... The Elder Abhaya...
9.
Verses of the Elder Uttiya
99.
With a mind filled with lust one feels, and remains grasping it;
For him mental corruptions increase, leading to the round of rebirths."
... The Elder Uttiya...
10.
The Verses of the Elder (the Second) Devasabha100.
Covered with the flowers of liberation, he will attain final nibbāna, free from mental corruptions."
... The Elder Devasabha...
The tenth chapter is concluded.
Its summary:
Cakkhupāla, Khaṇḍasumana, Tissa and Abhaya likewise;
Uttiyo and the one of great wisdom, the elder Devasabha too.