Extinction of thirst and dispassion, realization of nibbana; this is the final instruction, this is my concluding word.

The Taṇhāvaṅgavagga closes thus: the entire teaching condenses into taṇhakkhaya — extinction of thirst. It is not a distant mystical achievement, it is the natural exhaustion of desire when its mechanism is understood.

Esā me kathā matā — this is my concluding word. The Buddha could have ended here. Everything else is commentary.