Itivuttaka 96
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: “Tied by the yoke of sensuality & the yoke of becoming, monks, one is a returner, returning to this state. Untied from the yoke of sensuality but tied by the yoke of becoming, one is a non-returner, not returning to this state. Untied from [both] the yoke of sensuality & from the yoke of becoming, one is an Arahant whose effluents are ended.”
Tied by both
the yoke of sensuality
& the yoke of becoming,
beings go to the wandering-on
leading to birth
& death.
Those who’ve abandoned the sensual
without reaching the ending of effluents,
are tied by the yoke of becoming,
are said to be Non-returners.
While those who’ve cut off doubt
have no more conceit
or further becoming.
They who have reached
the ending of effluents,
while in the world
have gone
beyond.
