1"Bhikkhus, I will teach you what is bad and what is worse than that bad. And I will teach you what is good and what is better than that good. Listen ….

1"Pāpañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpena pāpatarañca; kalyāṇañca, kalyāṇena kalyāṇatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha … pe ….

2(1) "And what, bhikkhus, is bad? Here, someone destroys life … and holds wrong view. This is called bad.

2Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpo? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti … pe … micchādiṭṭhiko hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpo.

3(2) "And what is worse than that bad? Here, someone himself destroys life and encourages others to destroy life … he himself holds wrong view and encourages others in wrong view. This is called what is worse than that bad.

3Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātī hoti, parañca pāṇātipāte samādapeti … pe … attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpena pāpataro.

4(3) "And what is good? Here, someone abstains from the destruction of life … and holds right view. This is called good.

4Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti … pe … sammādiṭṭhiko hoti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇo.

5(4) "And what is better than that good? Here, someone himself abstains from the destruction of life and encourages others to abstain from the destruction of life … he himself holds right view and encourages others in right view. This is called what is better than that good."

5"Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro? Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, parañca pāṇātipātā veramaṇiyā samādapeti … pe … attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti. Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇena kalyāṇataro"ti.

Sattamaṁ.