with hunger & thirst. Then I saw the One Well-Gone, gone to the city of Mithilṅ: tamer of those untamed, Self-Awakened, with nothing to fear from anything, anywhere. Regaining my mind, paying him homage, I sat myself down. He, Gotama, from sympathy taught me the Dhamma. Hearing his Dhamma, I went forth into homelessness. Applying myself to the Teacherâs words, I realized the state of auspicious bliss. All griefs have been cut off, abandoned, brought to this end, for Iâve comprehended the grounds from which griefs come into play. Note 1. Reading tena tena vicṅriâham with the Burmese, Sinhalese, and PTS editions. The Thai edition has rodaṃ tena vicṅriâham, "I went there crying." - --> - - - -