ous skillful qualities that had gone to the culmination of their development. Then as he realized the various evil, unskillful qualities that had been abandoned [in him] and the various skillful qualities that had gone to the culmination of their development, he on that occasion exclaimed: Before, it was, then it wasnât. Before, it wasnât, then it was. It wasnât, wonât be, & now isnât to be found.1 Note 1. The last half of this verse also appears as the last half a verse attributed to Ven. Kaṃhadinna at Thag 2:30 (verse 180 in the PTS edition). According to the Commentary, these lines refer to the moment of the path to arahantship, which occurs only once and is never repeated. - --> - - - -