Once hard to tame, now tamed himself; “Yo duddamiyo damena danto, clever, content, with doubt overcome; Dabbo santusito vitiṇṇakaṅkho; victorious since his fears have vanished: Vijitāvī apetabheravo hi, Dabba is steadfast, and has become fully quenched. Dabbo so parinibbuto ṭhitatto”ti.

That is how this verse was recited by the senior venerable Dabba. Itthaṁ sudaṁ āyasmā dabbo thero gāthaṁ abhāsitthāti.