Parent:: [[Dhammapada]] Source:: [SuttaCentral.net](https://suttacentral.net/dhp153/en/sujato?layout=sidebyside&script=latin) # Dhp153-154 Udānavatthu | Oh! House-builder! Tags:: [[Udana|Udāna]], [[Vinnana|Consciousness]] ## Notes > [!NOTE] House Builder! — In Udānavatthu ([dhp153 - 154](https://suttacentral.net/dhp146-156/en/sujato)) > **Transmigrating through countless rebirths**, > _**Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ**,_ > > I’ve journeyed **without reward**, > _sandhāvissaṁ **anibbisaṁ**;_ > > searching for the **house-builder**; > _**==Gahakāraṁ==** gavesanto,_ > > **painful is birth again and again**. > _**==dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ==**._ > > --- > **I’ve seen you, house-builder**! > _**==Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi==**,_ > > You won’t build a house again! > _puna gehaṁ na kāhasi;_ > > **Your rafters are all broken**, > _Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā,_ > > **your roof-peak is demolished**. > _gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ;_ > > My mind, set on demolition, > _Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ,_ > > has reached the **end of craving**. > _**==taṇhānaṁ khaya==**majjhagā._ ^verse ## Sutta (Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato) Transmigrating through countless rebirths, Anekajātisaṁsāraṁ, I’ve journeyed without reward, sandhāvissaṁ anibbisaṁ; searching for the house-builder; Gahakāraṁ gavesanto, Variant: Gahakāraṁ → gahakārakaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, pts2ed) painful is birth again and again. dukkhā jāti punappunaṁ. I’ve seen you, house-builder! Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi, You won’t build a house again! puna gehaṁ na kāhasi; Your rafters are all broken, Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, your roof-peak is demolished. gahakūṭaṁ visaṅkhataṁ; My mind, set on demolition, Visaṅkhāragataṁ cittaṁ, has reached the end of craving. taṇhānaṁ khayamajjhagā.