Arahantavagga · The Arahant · Gāthā 90

Gataddhino visokassa, vippamuttassa sabbadhi; sabbaganthappahīnassa, pariḷāho na vijjati.

Gataddhino visokassa, vippamuttassa sabbadhi; sabbaganthappahīnassa, pariḷāho na vijjati.

For one who has completed the path, is free from grief, completely liberated in every way, and has abandoned all bonds, there is no burning.

Gataddhino — one who has completed the path: gata (gone, completed) + addhan (path, journey). The arahant has finished the journey. No longer oriented toward a goal but has arrived. This distinction is significant.

Visokassa — free from grief: soka is emotional pain, grief, sorrow. The arahant is completely free from the grief born of attachment, because the roots of attachment have been totally uprooted.

Vippamuttassa sabbadhi — completely liberated in every way: vimutti (liberation) with the intensive prefix vi-. Sabbadhi is “in all places”. There is no corner of the mind where a vestige of bondage remains.

Pariḷāho na vijjati — there is no burning: pariḷāha is the internal fire of greed, aversion and anguish. Without bonds to sustain, nothing to lose and fear, nothing to achieve and desire — the burning simply has no fuel.