Danger is born from intimacy, [1] society gives birth to dust. [2] Free from intimacy, free from society: such is the vision of the sage. Who, destroying what's born wouldn't plant again or nourish what will arise: They call him the wandering, singular sage. He has seen the state of peace. Considering the ground, crushing the seed, he wouldn't nourish the sap [3] — truly a sage — seer of the ending of birth, abandoning conjecture, he cannot be classified. Knowing all dwellings, [4] not longing for any one anywhere — truly a sage — with no coveting, without greed, he does not build, [5] for he has gone beyond. Overcoming all knowing all, wise. With regard to all things: unsmeared. Abandoning all, in the ending of craving, released: The enlightened call him a sage. Strong in discernment, virtuous in his practices, centered, delighting in jhana, mindful, freed from attachments, no constraints :: no fermentations: [6] The enlightened call him a sage. The wandering solitary sage, uncomplacent, unshaken by praise or blame. Unstartled , like a lion at sounds. Unsnared , like the wind in a net. Unsmeared , like a lotus in water. Leader of others, by others unled: The enlightened call him a sage. Like the pillar at a bathing ford, [7] when others speak in extremes. He, without passion, his senses well-centered: The enlightened call him a sage. Truly poised, straight as a shuttle, [8] he loathes evil actions. Pondering what is on-pitch and off: [9] The enlightened call him a sage. Self-restrained, he does no evil. Young and middle-aged, the sage self-controlled, never angered, he angers none: The enlightened call him a sage. From the best the middling the leftovers he receives alms. Sustaining himself on what others give, neither flattering nor speaking disparagement: The enlightened call him a sage. The wandering sage abstaining from sex, in youth bound by no one, abstaining from intoxication [10] complacency totally apart: The enlightened call him a sage. Knowing the world, seeing the highest goal, crossing the ocean, [11] the flood, [12] — Such — [13] his chains broken, unattached without fermentation: The enlightened call him a sage. These two are different, they dwell far apart: the householder supporting a wife and the unselfish one, of good practices. Slaying other beings, the householder is unrestrained. Constantly the sage protects other beings, is controlled. As the crested, blue-necked peacock, when flying, never matches the wild goose in speed: Even so the householder never keeps up with the monk, the sage secluded, doing jhana in the forest.