1"Bhikkhus, a hair blanket is declared to be the worst kind of woven garment. [n.603] Ce kesakambalo tesaṁ pāvārānaṁ patikiṭṭho, as against Be and Ee kesakambalo tesaṁ paṭikiṭṭho. PED defines pāvāra as "a cloak, a mantle." A hair blanket is cold in cold weather, hot in hot weather, ugly, foul-smelling, and uncomfortable. So too, the doctrine of Makkhali is declared the worst among the doctrines of the various ascetics. [n.604] See AN1.319 for another critique of Makkhali Gosāla. The simile of the trap recurs at the end of this sutta. The hollow man Makkhali teaches the doctrine and view: ‘There is no kamma, no deed, no energy.’

2(1) "Bhikkhus, the Blessed Ones, Arahants, Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the past taught a doctrine of kamma, a doctrine of deeds, a doctrine of energy. Yet the hollow man Makkhali contradicts them (with his claim): ‘There is no kamma, no deed, no energy..

(2) "The Blessed Ones, Arahants, Perfectly Enlightened Ones of the future will also teach a doctrine of kamma, a doctrine of deeds, a doctrine of energy. Yet the hollow man Makkhali contradicts them (with his claim): ‘There is no kamma, no deed, no energy..

(3) "At present I am the Arahant, the Perfectly Enlightened One, and I teach a doctrine of kamma, a doctrine of deeds, a doctrine of energy. Yet the hollow man Makkhali contradicts me (with his claim): ‘There is no kamma, no deed, no energy.’

3"Just as a trap set at the mouth of a river would bring about harm, suffering, calamity, and disaster to many fish, so too, the hollow man Makkhali is, as it were, a ‘trap for people’ who has arisen in the world for the harm, suffering, calamity, and disaster of many beings."

1"Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yāni kānici tantāvutānaṁ vatthānaṁ, kesakambalo tesaṁ paṭikiṭṭho akkhāyati. Kesakambalo, bhikkhave, sīte sīto, uṇhe uṇho, dubbaṇṇo, duggandho, dukkhasamphasso. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, yāni kānici puthusamaṇabrāhmaṇavādānaṁ makkhalivādo tesaṁ paṭikiṭṭho akkhāyati. Makkhali, bhikkhave, moghapuriso evaṁvādī evaṁdiṭṭhi: ‘Natthi kammaṁ, natthi kiriyaṁ, natthi vīriyan’ti.

2Yepi te, bhikkhave, ahesuṁ atītamaddhānaṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tepi bhagavanto kammavādā ceva ahesuṁ kiriyavādā ca vīriyavādā ca. Tepi, bhikkhave, makkhali moghapuriso paṭibāhati: ‘Natthi kammaṁ, natthi kiriyaṁ, natthi vīriyan’ti.

Yepi te, bhikkhave, bhavissanti anāgatamaddhānaṁ arahanto sammāsambuddhā, tepi bhagavanto kammavādā ceva bhavissanti kiriyavādā ca vīriyavādā ca. Tepi, bhikkhave, makkhali moghapuriso paṭibāhati: ‘Natthi kammaṁ, natthi kiriyaṁ, natthi vīriyan’ti.

Ahampi, bhikkhave, etarahi arahaṁ sammāsambuddho kammavādo ceva kiriyavādo ca vīriyavādo ca. Mampi, bhikkhave, makkhali moghapuriso paṭibāhati: ‘Natthi kammaṁ, natthi kiriyaṁ, natthi vīriyan’ti.

3Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, nadīmukhe khippaṁ uḍḍeyya bahūnaṁ macchānaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya anayāya byasanāya; evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, makkhali moghapuriso manussakhippaṁ maññe loke uppanno bahūnaṁ sattānaṁ ahitāya dukkhāya anayāya byasanāyā"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.