I was drunk with the pride of birth “Jātimadena mattohaṁ, and wealth and authority. bhogaissariyena ca; I wandered about intoxicated Saṇṭhānavaṇṇarūpena, with my own gorgeous body. madamatto acārihaṁ.

No-one was my equal or my better—Nāttano samakaṁ kañci, or so I thought. atirekaṁ ca maññisaṁ; I was such an arrogant fool, Atimānahato bālo, stuck up, waving my own flag. patthaddho ussitaddhajo.

I never paid homage to anyone: Mātaraṁ pitarañcāpi, not even my mother or father, aññepi garusammate; nor others esteemed as respectable. Na kañci abhivādesiṁ, I was stiff with pride, lacking regard for others. mānatthaddho anādaro.

When I saw the foremost leader, Disvā vināyakaṁ aggaṁ, the most excellent of charioteers, sārathīnaṁ varuttamaṁ; shining like the sun, Tapantamiva ādiccaṁ, at the fore of the mendicant Saṅgha, bhikkhusaṅghapurakkhataṁ.

I discarded conceit and vanity, Mānaṁ madañca chaḍḍetvā, and, with a clear and confident heart, vippasannena cetasā; I bowed down with my head Sirasā abhivādesiṁ, to the most excellent of all beings. sabbasattānamuttamaṁ.

The conceit of superiority <j>and the conceit of inferiority Atimāno ca omāno, have been given up and eradicated. pahīnā susamūhatā; The conceit “I am” is cut off, Asmimāno samucchinno, and every kind of conceit is destroyed. sabbe mānavidhā hatā”ti.

… Jento purohitaputto thero ….