attached to sensuality, like a mṅluva vine spread in a forest. Those who discern where itâs born drive it out—listen, yakkha! They cross over this flood, so hard to cross, never crossed before, for the sake of no further becoming. vv. 270–273 Notes 1. According to SnA, "this" is oneâs own self-state (attabhṅva), left unidentified in the verse. However, it seems more likely that "this" refers to the affection born, in turn, from oneâs own mind/self (see note 2) as mentioned after the simile of the boys with the captive crow. See DN 21, Sn 4:11, and the introduction to MN 18. 2. "The mind, oneself": Two meanings of the word, attan. See also: Dhp 1-2; Dhp 347; Ud 1:7; Ud 4:4 - --> - - - -