I, Kulla, went to a charnel ground “Kullo sivathikaṁ gantvā, and saw a woman’s body abandoned there, addasa itthimujjhitaṁ; dumped in a cemetery, Apaviddhaṁ susānasmiṁ, full of worms that devoured. khajjantiṁ kimihī phuṭaṁ.

“See this bag of bones, Kulla—Āturaṁ asuciṁ pūtiṁ, diseased, filthy, rotten, passa kulla samussayaṁ; oozing and trickling, Uggharantaṁ paggharantaṁ, a fool’s delight.” bālānaṁ abhinanditaṁ.

Taking the teaching as a mirror Dhammādāsaṁ gahetvāna, for realizing knowledge and vision, ñāṇadassanapattiyā; I examined this body, Paccavekkhiṁ imaṁ kāyaṁ, hollow, inside and out. tucchaṁ santarabāhiraṁ.

As this is, so is that; Yathā idaṁ tathā etaṁ, as that is, so is this. yathā etaṁ tathā idaṁ; As below, so above; Yathā adho tathā uddhaṁ, as above, so below. yathā uddhaṁ tathā adho.

As by day, so by night; Yathā divā tathā rattiṁ, as by night, so by day. yathā rattiṁ tathā divā; As before, so behind; Yathā pure tathā pacchā, as behind, so before. yathā pacchā tathā pure.

Even the music of a five-piece band Pañcaṅgikena turiyena, can never give such pleasure Na ratī hoti tādisī; as when, with unified mind, Yathā ekaggacittassa, you rightly discern the Dhamma. Sammā dhammaṁ vipassato”ti.

… Kullo thero ….