House-builder, I have seen you! You shall not build a house again. All your rafters are broken, the ridge-pole destroyed. The mind has reached the unconditioned; it has arrived at the end of craving.

Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi — house-builder, I have seen you!: the culminating moment of the Buddha’s spiritual path. The builder — taṇhā (desire, thirst) — has been identified and discovered. Identification of the enemy is already half the victory.

Puna gehaṃ na kāhasi — you shall not build a house again: the house of conditioned existence will not be rebuilt. The cycle of rebirths has been definitively broken. This is the declaration of parinibbāna — final liberation.

Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ — all your rafters are broken, the ridge-pole destroyed: the rafters (phāsukā) are the passions and attachments that support the structure. The ridge-pole (gahakūṭa) is the ignorance that crowns the entire edifice. With the destruction of ignorance, the whole structure collapses.

Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā — the mind has reached the unconditioned, it has arrived at the end of craving: visaṅkhāra is the unconditioned, the unformed, nibbana. The mind that has reached the end of taṇhā (craving) has attained what is beyond all construction.