Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ → evam (pts)So I have heard. ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.At one time the Buddha was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery. Tatra kho bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:There the Buddha addressed the mendicants, “bhikkhavo”ti.
bhikkhavoti → bhikkhavo ti (pts)“Mendicants!”

“Bhadante”ti te bhikkhū bhagavato paccassosuṁ.
bhadanteti → bhadante ti (pts)“Venerable sir,” they replied. Bhagavā etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)The Buddha said this:

“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, bālassa bālalakkhaṇāni bālanimittāni bālāpadānāni.
bālāpadānāni → bālapadānāni (pts) | bālapadānāni → So Sy Bu; Si Sk bālāp. (pts note) | tīṇimāni → tīṇ imāni (pts)“These are the three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of a fool. Katamāni tīṇi?What three? Idha, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca.
dukkaṭakammakārī → dukkatakammakārī (bj) | ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca → dukkatakammakārī (pts) | dukkatakammakārī → Si dukkaṭak as in I. Ang. 102. Si also inserts ca after and before this word both here and infra. (pts note)A fool thinks poorly, speaks poorly, and acts poorly. No cetaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca abhavissa dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca kena naṁ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṁ:
ca kena naṁ → na tena naṁ (mr); na naṁ (?) | dukkaṭakammakārī → dukkatakammakārī (bj) | ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca → dukkatakammakārī (pts) | cetaṁ → no cedaṁ (cck: saṁ. ni. 3.27-28) | naṁ → na tena naṁ (cck: ka.); na naṁ (cck: ?) | naṁ → So Sky; Si ke naṁ here and infra. (pts note) | cetaṁ → ce taṁ (pts) | jāneyyuṁ → jāneyyum (pts)If a fool didn’t think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then how would the astute know of them, ‘bālo ayaṁ bhavaṁ asappuriso’ti?
asappurisoti → asappuriso ti (pts)‘This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person’? Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, bālo duccintitacintī ca hoti dubbhāsitabhāsī ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca tasmā naṁ paṇḍitā jānanti:
dukkaṭakammakārī → dukkatakammakārī (bj) | ca dukkaṭakammakārī ca → dukkatakammakārī (pts)But since a fool does think poorly, speak poorly, and act poorly, then the astute do know of them, ‘bālo ayaṁ bhavaṁ asappuriso’ti.
asappurisoti → asappuriso ti (pts)‘This worthy one is a fool, an untrue person’.

Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo tividhaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
diṭṭheva → diṭṭh eva (pts)A fool experiences three kinds of suffering and sadness in this very life.

Sace, bhikkhave, bālo sabhāyaṁ vā nisinno hoti, rathikāya vā nisinno hoti, siṅghāṭake vā nisinno hoti;
rathikāya → rathiyāya (bahūsu) | rathikāya → rathiyāya (bj, sya-all, pts) | rathiyāya → athikāya (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu) | rathikāya → rathiyāya (cck: bahūsu) | rathiyāya → So Sky; Si rathiyā. Cf. vol. ii. 108. (pts note)Suppose a fool is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad, tatra ce jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti.
ce → (sya-all) | ce → So Sky Bu; Si omits. (pts note)where people are discussing what is proper and fitting. Sace, bhikkhave, bālo pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti, surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhāyī hoti.
bālo → balo (pts) | kāmesumicchācārī → kāmesu micchācārī (pts)And suppose that fool is someone who kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, lies, and consumes intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. Tatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:Then that fool thinks, ‘yaṁ kho jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti,‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting. saṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.
saṁvijjanteva te → saṁvijjante te ca (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | te → te ca (pts) | te → saṁvijjante te ca (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | ahañca → ahañ ca (pts)But those bad things are found in me and I exhibit them!’ Idaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo paṭhamaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
paṭisaṁvedeti → Cf. for this list I. Aṅguttara 47, Milinda 197. (pts note) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭh eva (pts)This is the first kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bālo passati rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārente—
kammakāraṇā → So Si; Sky k--karaṇā here, but k--kāraṇā sts. infra. (pts note) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Furthermore, a fool sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments— kasāhipi tāḷente vettehipi tāḷente addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷente hatthampi chindante pādampi chindante hatthapādampi chindante kaṇṇampi chindante nāsampi chindante kaṇṇanāsampi chindante bilaṅgathālikampi karonte saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonte rāhumukhampi karonte jotimālikampi karonte hatthapajjotikampi karonte erakavattikampi karonte cīrakavāsikampi karonte eṇeyyakampi karonte baḷisamaṁsikampi karonte kahāpaṇikampi karonte khārāpatacchikampi karonte palighaparivattikampi karonte palālapīṭhakampi karonte tattenapi telena osiñcante sunakhehipi khādāpente jīvantampi sūle uttāsente asināpi sīsaṁ chindante.
baḷisamaṁsikampi → balisamaṁsikampi (bj, sya-all) | kahāpaṇikampi → kahāpaṇakampi (bj, sya-all, pts) | palighaparivattikampi → palīghaparivattikampi (sya-all) | palālapīṭhakampi → palālapiṭhakam pi (pts) | khārāpatacchikampi → khārāpaṭicchakampi (cck: ka.) | palālapīṭhakampi → palālapiṭṭhakampi (cck: pī.) | kasāhipi → kasāhi pi (pts) | vettehipi → vettehi pi (pts) | addhadaṇḍakehipi → addhadaṇḍakehi pi (pts) | hatthampi → hattham pi (pts) | pādampi → pādam pi (pts) | hatthapādampi → hatthapādam pi (pts) | kaṇṇampi → kaṇṇam pi (pts) | nāsampi → nāsam pi (pts) | kaṇṇanāsampi → kaṇṇanāsam pi (pts) | bilaṅgathālikampi → bilaṅgathālikam pi (pts) | saṅkhamuṇḍikampi → saṅkhamuṇḍikam pi (pts) | rāhumukhampi → rāhumukham pi (pts) | jotimālikampi → jotimālikam pi (pts) | hatthapajjotikampi → hatthapajjotikam pi (pts) | erakavattikampi → erakavattikam pi (pts) | cīrakavāsikampi → cīrakavāsikam pi (pts) | eṇeyyakampi → eṇeyyakam pi (pts) | baḷisamaṁsikampi → baḷisamaṁsikam pi (pts) | kahāpaṇikampi → kahāpaṇakam pi (pts) | khārāpatacchikampi → khārāpatacchikam pi (pts) | palighaparivattikampi → palighaparivattikam pi (pts) | tattenapi → tattena pi (pts) | sunakhehipi → sunakhehi (pts) | jīvantampi → jīvantam pi (pts) | asināpi → asinā pi (pts)whipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded. Tatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:Then that fool thinks, ‘yathārūpānaṁ kho pāpakānaṁ kammānaṁ hetu rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārenti—
kārenti → kāronti (bj)‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments— kasāhipi tāḷenti …pe… asināpi sīsaṁ chindanti;
tāḷenti → Si tāḷenti --pe-- asinā pi sīsaṁ chindanti. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt) saṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmi.
te → te ca (bj, sya-all, pts) | saṁvijjanteva → vijjante (pts) | saṁvijjanteva → saṁvijjante (bjt, th) | ahañca → ahañ ca (pts)those things are found in me and I exhibit them! Mañcepi rājāno jāneyyuṁ, mampi rājāno gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kāreyyuṁ—
Mañcepi rājāno → sace mampi (mr) | jāneyyuṁ → ājāneyyuṁ (bj) | rājāno → sace mampi (cck: ka.) | mañcepi → maṁ cepi (my) | mañcepi → mañ ce pi (pts) | mampi → mam pi (pts)If the kings find out about me, they will inflict the same kinds of punishments on me!’ kasāhipi tāḷeyyuṁ …pe… jīvantampi sūle uttāseyyuṁ, asināpi sīsaṁ chindeyyun’ti.
tāḷeyyuṁ → Si tāḷeyyuṁ --pe-- jīvantaṁ pi sūle uttāseyyuṁ, asinā sīsaṁ chindeyyun ti. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt) Idampi, bhikkhave, bālo dutiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
idampi → idam pi (pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭh eva (pts)This is the second kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bālaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe pāpakāni kammāni katāni kāyena duccaritāni vācāya duccaritāni manasā duccaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.
chamāyaṁ → chamāya (bj, pts1ed) | chamāyaṁ vā → chamāyavā (bj) | pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ → pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | mañcasamārūḷhaṁ → mañcasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | chamāyavā → chamāyaṁ (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu, syā) | katāni → pāpakāni kammāni (bj: PTS) | chamāyaṁ → chamāya (cck: sī. pī.) | pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ → So Sky; Si p--ūḷhaṁ, throughout. (pts note) | chamāya → Si chamāyaṁ. (pts note) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | bālaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ → balām pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | yānissa → yāni ssa (pts) | tānissa → tāni ssa (pts)Furthermore, when a fool is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past bad deeds—misconduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them. Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahataṁ pabbatakūṭānaṁ chāyā sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti;
mahataṁ → mahantānaṁ (bj) | sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā → sāyaṇhasamayaṁ paṭhaviyā (sya-all) | mahantānaṁ → mahataṁ (bj: machasaṁ)It is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth. evameva kho, bhikkhave, bālaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe pāpakāni kammāni katāni kāyena duccaritāni vācāya duccaritāni manasā duccaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.
chamāya → chamāyaṁ (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu, syā) | evameva → evam eva (pts) | pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ → pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | mañcasamārūḷhaṁ → mañcasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | yānissa → yāni ssa (pts) | tānissa → tāni ssa (pts)In the same way, when a fool is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past bad deeds—misconduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them. Tatra, bhikkhave, bālassa evaṁ hoti:Then that fool thinks, ‘akataṁ vata me kalyāṇaṁ, akataṁ kusalaṁ, akataṁ bhīruttāṇaṁ;‘Alas, I haven’t done good and skillful things that keep me safe. kataṁ pāpaṁ, kataṁ luddaṁ, kataṁ kibbisaṁ.
luddaṁ → luddakaṁ (bj)And I have done bad things, violence and sin. Yāvatā, bho, akatakalyāṇānaṁ akatakusalānaṁ akatabhīruttāṇānaṁ katapāpānaṁ kataluddānaṁ katakibbisānaṁ gati taṁ gatiṁ pecca gacchāmī’ti.
yāvatā bho → yā ca hoti (bj) | bho → hoti (sya-all, pts)When I depart, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’ So socati kilamati paridevati urattāḷiṁ kandati sammohaṁ āpajjati.They sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breasts and falling into confusion. Idampi, bhikkhave, bālo tatiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
idampi → idaṁ kho (sya-all, pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭh eva (pts)This is the third kind of suffering and sadness that a fool experiences in this very life.

Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.
bhikkhave → bhikkhu (pts) | upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)Having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

Yaṁ kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:And if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said that ‘ekantaṁ aniṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ akantaṁ ekantaṁ amanāpan’ti, nirayameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya:
nirayameva taṁ → nirayamevetaṁ (bj) | nirayamevetaṁ → nirayameva taṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | amanāpanti nirayameva taṁ → amanāpan ti nirayam eva etaṁ (pts)it is utterly unlikable, undesirable, and disagreeable, it is of hell that this should be said. ‘ekantaṁ aniṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ akantaṁ ekantaṁ amanāpan’ti.
amanāpanti → amanāpan ti (pts) Yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, upamāpi na sukarā yāva dukkhā nirayā”ti.
upamāpi → upamāhipi (si) | na → upamāhipi (bj: sīmu) | upamāpi → upamāhipi (cck: sī.) | upamāpi → upamā pi (pts) | nirayāti → nirayā ti (pts)So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how painful hell is.”

Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha, “sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?
pana → pana me (bj, pts) | upamaṁ → upamā (sya-all) | upamaṁ kātunti → upamā kātun ti (pts) | bhante → “sakkā pana bhante” aṭṭhakathāyaṁ (bj note)“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”

“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhu, coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā rañño dasseyyuṁ:
bhikkhu → bhikkhave (sya-all)“Suppose they arrest a bandit, a criminal and present him to the king, saying, ‘ayaṁ kho, deva, coro āgucārī, imassa yaṁ icchasi taṁ daṇḍaṁ paṇehī’ti.
kho → te (sya-all) | ayaṁ kho → ayan te (pts)‘Your Majesty, this is a bandit, a criminal. Punish him as you will.’ Tamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The king would say, ‘gacchatha, bho, imaṁ purisaṁ pubbaṇhasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the morning with a hundred spears!’ Tamenaṁ pubbaṇhasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The king’s men did as they were told. Atha rājā majjhanhikasamayaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:
majjhanhikasamayaṁ → majjhantikasamayaṁ (bj, sya-all); majjhantikaṁ samayaṁ (pts) | majjhanhikasamayaṁ → majjhantikasamayaṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. ka.); majjhantikaṁ samayaṁ (cck: pī.)Then at midday the king would say, ‘ambho, kathaṁ so puriso’ti?
purisoti → puriso ti (pts)‘Look here, how is that man?’ ‘Tatheva, deva, jīvatī’ti.
tatheva → tath eva (pts)‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’ Tamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The king would say, ‘gacchatha, bho, taṁ purisaṁ majjhanhikasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.
majjhanhikasamayaṁ → majjhantikasamayaṁ (bj, sya-all); majjhantikaṁ samayaṁ (pts)‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the midday with a hundred spears!’ Tamenaṁ majjhanhikasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.
majjhanhikasamayaṁ → majjhantikasamayaṁ (bj, sya-all) | tamenaṁ majjhanhikasamayaṁ → tam enaṁ majjhantikaṁ samayaṁ (pts)The king’s men did as they were told. Atha rājā sāyanhasamayaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:
sāyanhasamayaṁ → sāyaṇhasamayaṁ (sya-all, pts)Then late in the afternoon the king would say, ‘ambho, kathaṁ so puriso’ti?
purisoti → puriso ti (pts)‘Look here, how is that man?’ ‘Tatheva, deva, jīvatī’ti.
tatheva → tath eva (pts)‘He’s still alive, Your Majesty.’ Tamenaṁ rājā evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The king would say, ‘gacchatha, bho, taṁ purisaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ sattisatena hanathā’ti.
sāyanhasamayaṁ → sāyaṇhasamayaṁ (sya-all, pts)‘Go, my men, and strike this man in the late afternoon with a hundred spears!’ Tamenaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ sattisatena haneyyuṁ.
sāyanhasamayaṁ → sāyaṇhasamayaṁ (sya-all) | tamenaṁ sāyanhasamayaṁ → tam enaṁ sāyaṇhasamayaṁ (pts)The king’s men did as they were told.

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
kiṁ maññatha → kimmaññatha (bjt) | kiṁ → kim (pts)What do you think, mendicants? api nu so puriso tīhi sattisatehi haññamāno tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyethā”ti?
tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt)Would that man experience pain and distress from being struck with three hundred spears?”

“Ekissāpi, bhante, sattiyā haññamāno so puriso tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyetha, ko pana vādo tīhi sattisatehī”ti?
tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | ekissāpi → ekissā pi (pts)“Sir, that man would experience pain and distress from being struck with one spear, let alone three hundred spears!”

Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ pāṇimattaṁ pāsāṇaṁ gahetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:Then the Buddha, picking up a stone the size of his palm, addressed the mendicants, “Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
kiṁ → kim (pts)“What do you think, mendicants? katamo nu kho mahantataro—yo cāyaṁ mayā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito, yo ca himavā pabbatarājā”ti?
yo ca → (sya-all, pts) | pabbatarājāti → vā pabbatarājā ti appamatto (pts)Which is bigger: the stone the size of my palm that I’ve picked up, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”

“Appamattako ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito, himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upe”ti.
upanidhampi → upanidhimpi (bj, pts1ed) | appamattako → appamatto kho (bj) | upeti → upetīti (bj, sya-all) | upanidhampi → upanidhim pi (pts) | upeti evameva → upetīti evam eva (pts) | upanidhimpi → upanidhampi (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | upanidhampi → upanidhimpi (cck: sī. pī.) | upanidhim → So Bu and Sky infra; Si, and Sky here, upanidham. (pts note) | saṅkhampi → saṅkham pi (pts) | kalabhāgampi → kalabhāgam pi (pts)“Sir, the stone you’ve picked up is tiny. Compared to the Himalayas, it doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison.”

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ so puriso tīhi sattisatehi haññamāno tatonidānaṁ dukkhaṁ domanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti taṁ nirayakassa dukkhassa upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti, kalabhāgampi na upeti, upanidhampi na upeti.
nirayakassa → nerayikassa (bj) | upanidhampi → upanidhimpi (bj, pts) | kho → (sya-all) | so → (sya-all) | nirayakassa dukkhassa → nirayassa dukkhaṁ (sya-all); nerayikassa (pts) | dukkhassa → nirayakassa dukkhassa (bj: machasaṁ); nerayikassa (bj: PTS) | evameva → evameva khoti dissati (sya-all: yu.) | nerayikassa → Si nirayassa dukkhaṁ. (pts note) | tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | evameva → evam eva (pts) | saṅkhampi → saṅkham pi (pts) | kalabhāgampi → kalabhāgam pi (pts) | upanidhampi → upanidhim pi (pts)“In the same way, compared to the suffering in hell, the pain and distress experienced by that man due to being struck with three hundred spears doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison.

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā pañcavidhabandhanaṁ nāma kammakāraṇaṁ karonti—
nirayapālā → nirayapālā punappunaṁ (mr) | kammakāraṇaṁ → kāraṇaṁ (bj, pts) | kammakāraṇaṁ karonti → kāraṇaṁ kārenti (sya-all) | kāraṇaṁ → kammakāraṇaṁ (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | pañcavidhabandhanaṁ → pañcavidhabandhanan (pts)The wardens of hell punish them with the five-fold crucifixion. tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ hatthe gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ dutiye hatthe gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ pāde gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ dutiye pāde gamenti, tattaṁ ayokhilaṁ majjhe urasmiṁ gamenti.
ayokhilaṁ → ayokhīlaṁ (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | ayokhilaṁ → ayokhīlaṁ (pts) | ayokhilaṁ → ayokhīlaṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.)They drive red-hot stakes through the hands and feet, and another in the middle of the chest. So tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.
byantīhoti → byantihoti (cck, pts1ed, mr) | tibbā kharā → tippā (sya-all) | byantīhoti → byantihoti (cck: pī. ka.) | pāpakammaṁ → pāpaṁ kammaṁ (bjt) | yāva → yā va (pts) | pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti → pāpaṁ kammaṁ byantihoti (pts)And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā saṁvesetvā kuṭhārīhi tacchanti.
kuṭhārīhi → kudhārīhi (cck, mr); kūṭhārīhi (pts1ed) | saṁvesetvā → saṁvedhetvā (sya-all) | saṁvesetvā → saṁvedhetvā (bj: syā) | kuṭhārīhi → kudhārīhi (cck: ka.) | saṁvedhetvā → saṁvesetvāti dissati (sya-all: yu.) | saṁvesetvā → Bu s--itvā; Si saṁvedhetvā. (pts note) | kūṭhārīhi → Si kudhārīhi. (pts note) | tamenaṁ bhikkhave → tam enaṁ (pts)The wardens of hell throw them down and hack them with axes. … So tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.
tibbā → tippā (sya-all) | tippa → Si tippā --pe-- byantihoti. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt)

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ gahetvā vāsīhi tacchanti.
uddhapādaṁ → uddhaṁ pādaṁ (bj: syā) | gahetvā → ṭhapetvā (bj: PTS) | uddhampādaṁ → uddhaṁpādaṁ (my, th) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ gahetvā → uddhaṁ pādaṁ adho siraṁ ṭhapetvā (pts)They hang them upside-down and hack them with hatchets. … So tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.
tibbā → tippā (sya-all) | dukkhā tibbā → (pts) | tattha → Si adds dukkhā tippā, and omits yāva . . . kammaṁ. (pts note) | + → yāva na taṁ pāpaṁ kammaṁ (bjt) | byantīhoti → yāva na taṁ pāpaṁ kammaṁ byantihoti (pts)

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā rathe yojetvā ādittāya pathaviyā sampajjalitāya sajotibhūtāya sārentipi paccāsārentipi.
sajotibhūtāya → sañjotibhūtāya (sya-all, km, pts1ed) | pathaviyā → paṭhaviyā (sya-all, pts) | sajotibhūtāya → sañjotibhūtāya (cck: syā. kaṁ. pī.) | sañjotibhūtāya → Sky sajot. (pts note) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | sajotibhūtāya sārentipi paccāsārentipi → sañjotibhūtāya sārenti pi paccāsārenti pi (pts)They harness them to a chariot, and drive them back and forth across burning ground, blazing and glowing. … So tattha dukkhā tibbā …pe… byantīhoti.
tibbā → tippā (sya-all) | dukkhā tibbā → (pts) | + → yāva na taṁ pāpaṁ kammaṁ (bjt) | byantīhoti → yāva na taṁ pāpaṁ kammaṁ byantihoti (pts)

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā mahantaṁ aṅgārapabbataṁ ādittaṁ sampajjalitaṁ sajotibhūtaṁ āropentipi oropentipi.
sajotibhūtaṁ → sañjotibhūtaṁ (sya-all) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | sajotibhūtaṁ āropentipi oropentipi → sañjotibhūtaṁ āropenti pi oropenti pi (pts)They make them climb up and down a big mountain of burning coals, blazing and glowing. … So tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.
tibbā kharā → tippā (sya-all) | tibbā kharā kaṭukā → tippā kaṭuka (pts) | pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti → pāpaṁ kammaṁ byantihoti (pts)

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ gahetvā tattāya lohakumbhiyā pakkhipanti ādittāya sampajjalitāya sajotibhūtāya.
sajotibhūtāya → sañjotibhūtāya (sya-all) | uddhampādaṁ → uddhaṁpādaṁ (my, th) | uddhampādaṁ → uddhapādaṁ (bjt) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | uddhampādaṁ adhosiraṁ → uddhaṁ pādaṁ adho siraṁ (pts)The wardens of hell turn them upside down and throw them into a red-hot copper pot, burning, blazing, and glowing. So tattha pheṇuddehakaṁ paccati. So tattha pheṇuddehakaṁ paccamāno sakimpi uddhaṁ gacchati, sakimpi adho gacchati, sakimpi tiriyaṁ gacchati.
sakimpi → sakim pi (pts)There they’re seared in boiling scum, and they’re swept up and down and round and round. So tattha dukkhā tibbā kharā kaṭukā vedanā vedeti, na ca tāva kālaṁ karoti yāva na taṁ pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti.
tibbā kharā → tippā (bj, sya-all) | pāpakammaṁ → pāpaṁ kammaṁ (bj) | kālaṁ karoti → kālaṅkaroti (my) | pāpakammaṁ byantīhoti → pāpaṁ kammaṁ byantihoti (pts)And there they feel painful, sharp, severe, acute feelings—but they don’t die until that bad deed is eliminated.

Tamenaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayapālā mahāniraye pakkhipanti.
nirayapālā → nirayapālā punappunaṁ (cck: ka.) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The wardens of hell toss them in the Great Hell. So kho pana, bhikkhave, mahānirayo—Now, about that Great Hell:

Catukkaṇṇo catudvāro, vibhatto bhāgaso mito;‘Four are its corners, four its doors, neatly divided section by section. Ayopākārapariyanto, ayasā paṭikujjito.
paṭikujjito → paṭikkujjito (th)Surrounded by an iron wall, of iron is its roof.

Tassa ayomayā bhūmi, jalitā tejasā yutā;
yutā → yuttā (th)The ground is even made of iron, it burns with fierce fire. Samantā yojanasataṁ, pharitvā tiṭṭhati sabbadā.The heat forever radiates a hundred leagues around.’

Anekapariyāyenapi kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, nirayakathaṁ katheyyaṁ;
anekapariyāyenapi → anekapariyāyena pi (pts)I could tell you many different things about hell. yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, na sukarā akkhānena pāpuṇituṁ yāva dukkhā nirayā.
sukarā → sukarāṁ (bj); sukaraṁ (sya-all, pts) | nirayā → nirayāti (bj) | sukarāṁ → sukarā (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu)So much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in hell.

Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā.There are, mendicants, animals that feed on grass. Te allānipi tiṇāni sukkhānipi tiṇāni dantullehakaṁ khādanti.
sukkhānipi tiṇāni → (sya-all) | sukkhānipi tiṇāni dantullehakaṁ → sukkāni dantullahakaṁ (pts) | allānipi → allāni pi (pts)They eat by cropping fresh or dried grass with their teeth. Katame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā?And what animals feed on grass? Hatthī assā goṇā gadrabhā ajā migā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā tiṇabhakkhā.
hatthī → (bj, sya-all, pts) | assā → hatthi assā (bj: machasaṁ) | panaññepi → pan aññe pi (pts)Elephants, horses, cattle, donkeys, goats, deer, and various others. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā tiṇabhakkhā.
kammāni → kāmmāni (pts) | sahabyataṁ upapajjati → sahavyataṁ uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who feed on grass.

Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā.There are animals that feed on dung. Te dūratova gūthagandhaṁ ghāyitvā dhāvanti:
dūratova → dūrato va (pts)When they catch a whiff of dung they run to it, thinking, ‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti.‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’ Seyyathāpi nāma brāhmaṇā āhutigandhena dhāvanti:
āhutigandhena → So Si; Sky ahūti. Cf. SṆ., p. 21. (pts note)It’s like when brahmins smell a burnt offering, they run to it, thinking, ‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti;‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’ evameva kho, bhikkhave, santi tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā,
gūthabhakkhā → gūṭhabhakkhā (pts) | + → santi (th) | evameva → evam eva (pts)In the same way, there are animals that feed on dung. te dūratova gūthagandhaṁ ghāyitvā dhāvanti:
dūratova → dūrato va (pts)When they catch a whiff of dung they run to it, thinking, ‘ettha bhuñjissāma, ettha bhuñjissāmā’ti.‘There we’ll eat! There we’ll eat!’ Katame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā?And what animals feed on dung? Kukkuṭā sūkarā soṇā siṅgālā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā gūthabhakkhā.
siṅgālā → sigālā (bj, pts) | panaññepi → pan aññe pi (pts)Chickens, pigs, hounds, jackals, and various others. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā gūthabhakkhā.
sahabyataṁ upapajjati → sahavyataṁ uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who feed on dung.

Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.
jīyanti → jiyyanti (mr) | mīyanti → miyyanti (mr) | jīyanti → jiyyanti (cck: ka.) | mīyanti → miyyanti (cck: ka.)There are animals who are born, live, and die in darkness. Katame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti?And what animals are born, live, and die in darkness? Kīṭā puḷavā gaṇḍuppādā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.
puḷavā → pulavā (bj); paṭaṅgā (sya-all, km, mr) | puḷavā → paṭaṅgā (cck: syā. kaṁ. ka.) | panaññepi → pan aññe pi (pts)Moths, maggots, earthworms, and various others. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo, idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā andhakāre jāyanti andhakāre jīyanti andhakāre mīyanti.
idha → (bj) | sahabyataṁ upapajjati → sahavyataṁ uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in darkness.

Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.There are animals who are born, live, and die in water. Katame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti?And what animals are born, live, and die in water? Macchā kacchapā susumārā, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.
susumārā → suṁsumārā (bj, pts); saṁsumārā (sya-all) | suṁsumārā → susumārā (bj: machasaṁ) | panaññepi → pan aññe pi (pts)Fish, turtles, dolphins, and various others. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā udakasmiṁ jāyanti udakasmiṁ jīyanti udakasmiṁ mīyanti.
sahabyataṁ upapajjati → sahavyataṁ uppajati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in water.

Santi, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.There are animals who are born, live, and die in filth. Katame ca, bhikkhave, tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti?And what animals are born, live, and die in filth? Ye te, bhikkhave, sattā pūtimacche vā jāyanti pūtimacche vā jīyanti pūtimacche vā mīyanti pūtikuṇape vā …pe…Those animals that are born, live, and die in a rotten fish, a rotten carcass, pūtikummāse vā …rotten porridge, candanikāya vā …a cesspool, oligalle vā jāyanti, ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.
ye vā panaññepi keci tiracchānagatā pāṇā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti → etthantare pāṭho pts1ed potthake | oligalle → oḷigalle (sya-all, pts) | mīyanti → ( ) natthi sī. syā. kaṁ. pī. potthakesu (cck note) | oḷigalle → So all MSS. (pts note) | pe → Si adds: ye vā pan'; . . . mīyanti. (pts note)or a sump. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo idha pubbe rasādo idha pāpāni kammāni karitvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā tesaṁ sattānaṁ sahabyataṁ upapajjati ye te sattā asucismiṁ jāyanti asucismiṁ jīyanti asucismiṁ mīyanti.
sahabyataṁ upapajjati → sahavyataṁ uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)A fool who used to be a glutton here and did bad deeds here, after death is reborn in the company of those sentient beings who are born, live, and die in filth.

Anekapariyāyenapi kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, tiracchānayonikathaṁ katheyyaṁ;
anekapariyāyenapi → anekapariyāyena pi (pts)I could tell you many different things about the animal realm. yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, na sukaraṁ akkhānena pāpuṇituṁ yāva dukkhā tiracchānayoni.
tiracchānayoni → tiracchānayonīti (bj) | yāvañcidaṁ → yāvañ idaṁ (pts)So much so that it’s not easy to completely describe the suffering in the animal realm.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, puriso ekacchiggalaṁ yugaṁ mahāsamudde pakkhipeyya.
ekacchiggalaṁ → ekacchiggaḷaṁ (sya-all) | seyyathāpi → seyyathāpi puriso (pts) | puriso ekacchiggalaṁ → ekacchigaḷaṁ (pts) | mahāsamudde → samudde (pts)Mendicants, suppose a person were to throw a yoke with a single hole into the ocean. Tamenaṁ puratthimo vāto pacchimena saṁhareyya, pacchimo vāto puratthimena saṁhareyya, uttaro vāto dakkhiṇena saṁhareyya, dakkhiṇo vāto uttarena saṁhareyya.
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)The east wind wafts it west; the west wind wafts it east; the north wind wafts it south; and the south wind wafts it north. Tatrāssa kāṇo kacchapo, so vassasatassa vassasatassa accayena sakiṁ ummujjeyya.
vassasatassa → …pe… (bj); vassasatassa (sya-all, km, pts1ed) | kāṇo kacchapo → kāṇakacchapo (bj) | tatrāssa → tatr assa (pts) | vassasatassa → (pts) | vassasatassa → vassasatassa vassasahassassa vassasatasahassassa (cck: sī.); vassasatassa (cck: syā. kaṁ. pī.) | vassasatassa → Sky add: vassasahassassa vassasatasahassassa. (pts note)And there was a one-eyed turtle who popped up once every hundred years.

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
kiṁ maññatha → kimmaññatha (bjt) | kiṁ → kim (pts)What do you think, mendicants? api nu so kāṇo kacchapo amusmiṁ ekacchiggale yuge gīvaṁ paveseyyā”ti?
ekacchiggale → ekacchiggaḷe (sya-all) | amusmiṁ ekacchiggale → amukasmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe (pts)Would that one-eyed turtle still poke its neck through the hole in that yoke?”

“No hetaṁ, bhante”.
bhante → ( ) natthi sī. pī. potthakesu (cck note)“No, sir. “Yadi pana, bhante, kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayenā”ti.
Yadi pana → yadi nūna (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | pana → nu na (bj); nūna (pts) | na → yadi pana (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu) | pana → yadi nūna (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.)Only after a very long time, sir, if ever.”

“Khippataraṁ kho so, bhikkhave, kāṇo kacchapo amusmiṁ ekacchiggale yuge gīvaṁ paveseyya, ato dullabhatarāhaṁ, bhikkhave, manussattaṁ vadāmi sakiṁ vinipātagatena bālena.
ekacchiggale → ekacchiggaḷe (sya-all) | amusmiṁ ekacchiggale → amukasmiṁ ekacchiggaḷe (pts)“That one-eyed turtle would poke its neck through the hole in that yoke sooner than a fool who has fallen to the underworld would be reborn as a human being, I say. Taṁ kissa hetu?Why is that? Na hettha, bhikkhave, atthi dhammacariyā samacariyā kusalakiriyā puññakiriyā.
hettha → h ettha (pts)Because in that place there’s no principled or moral conduct, and no doing what is good and skillful. Aññamaññakhādikā ettha, bhikkhave, vattati dubbalakhādikā.
dubbalakhādikā → dubbalamārikā (sya-all, pts) | dubbalamārikā → So Si; Sky dubbalakhādikā. (pts note)There they just prey on each other, preying on the weak.

Sa kho so, bhikkhave, bālo sace kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena manussattaṁ āgacchati, yāni tāni nīcakulāni—And suppose that fool, after a very long time, returned to the human realm. caṇḍālakulaṁ vā nesādakulaṁ vā venakulaṁ vā rathakārakulaṁ vā pukkusakulaṁ vā.
venakulaṁ → veṇakulaṁ (bj, pts1ed); venukulaṁ (sya-all) | venakulaṁ → veṇakulaṁ (pts) | veṇakulaṁ → venukulaṁ (bj: syā) | venakulaṁ → veṇakulaṁ (cck: sī. pī.) | veṇakulaṁ → Si venukulaṁ; Sky venakulaṁ. Cf. vol. ii. 183. (pts note)They’d be reborn in a low class family—a family of corpse-workers, hunters, bamboo-workers, chariot-makers, or scavengers. Tathārūpe kule paccājāyati dalidde appannapānabhojane kasiravuttike, yattha kasirena ghāsacchādo labbhati.
dalidde → daḷidde (bj) | paccājāyati dalidde → pacchā jāyati daḷidde (sya-all) | dalidde appannapānabhojane → daḷidde appannapāṇabhojane (pts)Such families are poor, with little to eat or drink, where life is tough, and food and shelter are hard to find. So ca hoti dubbaṇṇo duddasiko okoṭimako bavhābādho kāṇo vā kuṇī vā khujjo vā pakkhahato vā na lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.
bavhābādho → bahvābādho (sya-all, mr) | khujjo → khañjo (sya-all, pts) | kuṇī → kunī (pts) | bavhābādho → bahvābādho (cck: ka.)And they’d be ugly, unsightly, deformed, sickly—one-eyed, crippled, lame, or half-paralyzed. They don’t get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; or bed, house, and lighting. So kāyena duccaritaṁ carati vācāya duccaritaṁ carati manasā duccaritaṁ carati.And they do bad things by way of body, speech, and mind. So kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.
upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaliggahena puttampi jīyetha, dārampi jīyetha, sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi jīyetha, uttaripi adhibandhaṁ nigaccheyya.
adhibandhaṁ → anubandhaṁ (bj, pts1ed); addhubandhaṁ (sya-all, km) | uttaripi adhibandhaṁ → uttarimpi anubandhaṁ (bj, pts); uttarimpi addhubandhaṁ (sya-all) | sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi → sabbasāpateyyam pi (pts) | anubandhaṁ → andubandhaṁ (bj: syā) | adhibandhaṁ → anubandhaṁ (cck: sī. pī.); addhubandhaṁ (cck: syā. kaṁ.) | addhubandhaṁ → anubandhanti dissati (sya-all: yu.) | sabbasāpateyyam → Si sabbaṁ s. (pts note) | anubandhaṁ → So Sky Bu ("attanā pi bandhaṁ nig."); Si andhubandhaṁ. (pts note) | paṭhameneva → paṭhamen eva (pts) | puttampi → puttam pi (pts) | dārampi → dāram pi (pts) | uttaripi adhibandhaṁ → uttarim pi anubandhaṁ (pts)Suppose a gambler were to lose his wife and child, all his property, and then get thrown in jail with his first losing hand. Appamattako so, bhikkhave, kaliggaho yaṁ so akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaliggahena puttampi jīyetha, dārampi jīyetha, sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi jīyetha, uttaripi adhibandhaṁ nigaccheyya.
uttaripi adhibandhaṁ → uttarimpi anubandhaṁ (bj, pts); uttarimpi addhubandhaṁ (sya-all) | sabbaṁ sāpateyyampi → sabbasāpateyyam pi (pts) | paṭhameneva → paṭhamen eva (pts) | puttampi → puttam pi (pts) | dārampi → dāram pi (pts) | uttaripi adhibandhaṁ → uttarim pi anubandhaṁ (pts)Such a losing hand is trivial compared to Atha kho ayameva tato mahantataro kaliggaho yaṁ so bālo kāyena duccaritaṁ caritvā vācāya duccaritaṁ caritvā manasā duccaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapajjati.
ayameva tato → ayam eva (pts) | upapajjati ayaṁ → uppajjati ayam pi (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts) | duggatiṁ → duggatim (pts)the losing hand whereby a fool, having done bad things by way of body, speech, and mind, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalā paripūrā bālabhūmīti.
kevalā paripūrā → kevalaparipūrā (bj, pts1ed) | ayaṁ → ayaṁmpi (bj) | kevalaparipūrā → kevalaṁ paripūrā (bj: machasaṁ) | paripūrā → kevalaparipūrā (sī. pī.) ma. ni. 1.244 pāḷiyā saṁsandetabbā (cck note) | kevalaparipūrā → Si kevalā p. here and in fine. (pts note)This is the total fulfillment of the fool’s level.

Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa paṇḍitalakkhaṇāni paṇḍitanimittāni paṇḍitāpadānāni.
paṇḍitāpadānāni → paṇḍitapadānāni (pts) | tīṇimāni → tiṇ imāni (pts)There are these three characteristics, signs, and manifestations of an astute person. Katamāni tīṇi?What three? Idha, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca.
ca → (pts)An astute person thinks well, speaks well, and acts well. No cetaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca abhavissa subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca, kena naṁ paṇḍitā jāneyyuṁ:
ca, kena naṁ → na tena naṁ (mr); na naṁ (?) | cetaṁ bhikkhave → ce taṁ (pts) | ca → (pts) | jāneyyuṁ → jāneyyaṁ (pts) | naṁ → na tena naṁ (cck: ka.); na naṁ (cck: ?) | kena → ke (th)If an astute person didn’t think well, speak well, and act well, then how would the astute know of them, ‘paṇḍito ayaṁ bhavaṁ sappuriso’ti?
sappurisoti → sappuriso ti (pts)‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’?

Yasmā ca kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sucintitacintī ca hoti subhāsitabhāsī ca sukatakammakārī ca tasmā naṁ paṇḍitā jānanti:
naṁ → taṁ (sya-all) | ca → (pts)But since an astute person does think well, speak well, and act well, then the astute do know of them, ‘paṇḍito ayaṁ bhavaṁ sappuriso’ti.
sappurisoti → sappuriso it (pts)‘This worthy one is astute, a true person’. Sa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito tividhaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
bhikkhave → bhikkhave ayaṁ (pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)An astute person experiences three kinds of pleasure and happiness in this very life. Sace, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sabhāyaṁ vā nisinno hoti, rathikāya vā nisinno hoti, siṅghāṭake vā nisinno hoti;
rathikāya → rathiyāya (bj, sya-all, pts) | sabhāya → sabhāyaṁ (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ)Suppose an astute person is sitting in a council hall, a street, or a crossroad, tatra ce jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti.
ce → (sya-all) | ce → Si omits; Sky ca. Cf. supra p 163. (pts note)where people are discussing about what is proper and fitting. Sace, bhikkhave, paṇḍito pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti, adinnādānā paṭivirato hoti, kāmesumicchācārā paṭivirato hoti, musāvādā paṭivirato hoti, surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā paṭivirato hoti;
surāmerayamajjappamādaṭṭhānā → surāmerayamajjapamādaṭṭhānā (th, pts) | kāmesumicchācārā → kāmesu micchācārā (pts)And suppose that astute person is someone who refrains from killing living creatures, stealing, sexual misconduct, lying, and intoxicants of beer, wine, and liquor. tatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:Then that astute person thinks, ‘yaṁ kho jano tajjaṁ tassāruppaṁ kathaṁ manteti;‘These people are discussing what is proper and fitting. saṁvijjanteva te dhammā mayi, ahañca tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.
saṁvijjanteva → saṁvijjante (th, pts) | ahañca → ahañ ca (pts)And those good things are found in me and I exhibit them.’ Idaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito paṭhamaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
diṭṭheva dhamme → diṭṭhe va dhammo (pts)This is the first kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍito passati rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārente—
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Furthermore, an astute person sees that the kings have arrested a bandit, a criminal, and subjected them to various punishments— kasāhipi tāḷente vettehipi tāḷente addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷente hatthampi chindante pādampi chindante hatthapādampi chindante kaṇṇampi chindante nāsampi chindante kaṇṇanāsampi chindante bilaṅgathālikampi karonte saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonte rāhumukhampi karonte jotimālikampi karonte hatthapajjotikampi karonte erakavattikampi karonte cīrakavāsikampi karonte eṇeyyakampi karonte balisamaṁsikampi karonte kahāpaṇikampi karonte khārāpatacchikampi karonte palighaparivattikampi karonte palālapīṭhakampi karonte tattenapi telena osiñcante sunakhehipi khādāpente jīvantampi sūle uttāsente asināpi sīsaṁ chindante.
balisamaṁsikampi → baḷisamaṁsikampi (sya-all) | kahāpaṇikampi → kahāpaṇakampi (sya-all) | palighaparivattikampi → palīghaparivattikampi (sya-all)whipping, caning, and clubbing; cutting off hands or feet, or both; cutting off ears or nose, or both; the ‘porridge pot’, the ‘shell-shave’, the ‘Rāhu’s mouth’, the ‘garland of fire’, the ‘burning hand’, the ‘bulrush twist’, the ‘bark dress’, the ‘antelope’, the ‘meat hook’, the ‘coins’, the ‘caustic pickle’, the ‘twisting bar’, the ‘straw mat’; being splashed with hot oil, being fed to the hounds, being impaled alive, and being beheaded. Tatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:Then that astute person thinks, ‘yathārūpānaṁ kho pāpakānaṁ kammānaṁ hetu rājāno coraṁ āgucāriṁ gahetvā vividhā kammakāraṇā kārenti kasāhipi tāḷenti, vettehipi tāḷenti, addhadaṇḍakehipi tāḷenti, hatthampi chindanti, pādampi chindanti, hatthapādampi chindanti, kaṇṇampi chindanti, nāsampi chindanti, kaṇṇanāsampi chindanti, bilaṅgathālikampi karonti, saṅkhamuṇḍikampi karonti, rāhumukhampi karonti, jotimālikampi karonti, hatthapajjotikampi karonti, erakavattikampi karonti, cīrakavāsikampi karonti, eṇeyyakampi karonti, balisamaṁsikampi karonti, kahāpaṇikampi karonti, khārāpatacchikampi karonti, palighaparivattikampi karonti, palālapīṭhakampi karonti, tattenapi telena osiñcanti, sunakhehipi khādāpenti, jīvantampi sūle uttāsenti, asināpi sīsaṁ chindanti, na te dhammā mayi saṁvijjanti, ahañca na tesu dhammesu sandissāmī’ti.
vettehipi tāḷenti → (sya-all) | balisamaṁsikampi karonti kahāpaṇikampi → baḷisamaṁsikampi (sya-all) | palighaparivattikampi → palīghaparivattikampi (sya-all)‘The kinds of deeds for which the kings inflict such punishments—those things are not found in me and I do not exhibit them!’ Idampi, bhikkhave, paṇḍito dutiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
idampi → idaṁ (pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)This is the second kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, paṇḍitaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ, yānissa pubbe kalyāṇāni kammāni katāni kāyena sucaritāni vācāya sucaritāni manasā sucaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti …pe…
pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ → pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | mañcasamārūḷhaṁ → mañcasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | chamāya → chamāyaṁ (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | + → ajjholambanti abhippalambanti (bjt, th, pts) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | yānissa → yāni ssa (pts) | tānissa → tāni ssa (pts)Furthermore, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them. seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, mahataṁ pabbatakūṭānaṁ chāyā sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti;
mahataṁ → mahantānaṁ (bj, pts) | pathaviyā → paṭhaviyā (bj) | sāyanhasamayaṁ pathaviyā → sāyaṇhasamayaṁ paṭhaviyā (sya-all, pts) | mahantānaṁ → mahataṁ (bj: machasaṁ)It is like the shadow of a great mountain peak in the evening as it settles down, rests down, and lays down upon the earth. evameva kho, bhikkhave, paṇḍitaṁ pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ vā mañcasamārūḷhaṁ vā chamāyaṁ vā semānaṁ yānissa pubbe kalyāṇāni kammāni katāni kāyena sucaritāni vācāya sucaritāni manasā sucaritāni tānissa tamhi samaye olambanti ajjholambanti abhippalambanti.
pīṭhasamārūḷhaṁ → pīṭhasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | mañcasamārūḷhaṁ → mañcasamāruḷhaṁ (pts) | evameva → eva meva (bjt) | chamāyaṁ → chamāya (bjt)In the same way, when an astute person is resting on a chair or a bed or on the ground, their past good deeds—good conduct of body, speech, and mind—settle down upon them, rest down upon them, and lay down upon them. Tatra, bhikkhave, paṇḍitassa evaṁ hoti:Then that astute person thinks, ‘akataṁ vata me pāpaṁ, akataṁ luddaṁ, akataṁ kibbisaṁ;‘Well, I haven’t done bad things, violence and sin. kataṁ kalyāṇaṁ, kataṁ kusalaṁ, kataṁ bhīruttāṇaṁ.
bhīruttāṇaṁ → bhīruttānaṁ (sya-all)And I have done good and skillful deeds that keep me safe. Yāvatā, bho, akatapāpānaṁ akataluddānaṁ akatakibbisānaṁ katakalyāṇānaṁ katakusalānaṁ katabhīruttāṇānaṁ gati taṁ gatiṁ pecca gacchāmī’ti.
bho → hoti (bj, sya-all, pts) | hoti → yāvatā bho (bj: machasaṁ)When I pass away, I’ll go to the place where people who’ve done such things go.’ So na socati, na kilamati, na paridevati, na urattāḷiṁ kandati, na sammohaṁ āpajjati.So they don’t sorrow and wail and lament, beating their breast and falling into confusion. Idampi, bhikkhave, paṇḍito tatiyaṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
idampi → idaṁ (pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)This is the third kind of pleasure and happiness that an astute person experiences in this very life.

Sa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Yaṁ kho taṁ, bhikkhave, sammā vadamāno vadeyya:And if there’s anything of which it may be rightly said that ‘ekantaṁ iṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ kantaṁ ekantaṁ manāpan’ti, saggameva taṁ sammā vadamāno vadeyya:
vadeyya → vadayya (sya-all) | kantaṁ → Sky omit ekan taṁ kantaṁ. (pts note) | manāpanti saggameva → manāpan ti saggam eva (pts)it is utterly likable, desirable, and agreeable, it is of heaven that this should be said. ‘ekantaṁ iṭṭhaṁ ekantaṁ kantaṁ ekantaṁ manāpan’ti.
manāpanti → manāpan ti (pts) Yāvañcidaṁ, bhikkhave, upamāpi na sukarā yāva sukhā saggā”ti.
yāva sukhā → yāvasukhā (bjt) | upamāpi → upamā pi (pts) | saggāti → saggā ti (pts)So much so that it’s not easy to give a simile for how pleasurable heaven is.”

Evaṁ vutte, aññataro bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)When he said this, one of the mendicants said to the Buddha, “sakkā pana, bhante, upamaṁ kātun”ti?
upamaṁ → upamā (sya-all) | upamaṁ kātunti → upamā kātun ti (pts)“But sir, is it possible to give a simile?”

“Sakkā, bhikkhū”ti bhagavā avoca.“It’s possible,” said the Buddha.

“Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī sattahi ratanehi samannāgato catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti.
bhikkhave → bhikkhu (bj, pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | bhikkhu → bhikkhave (bj: machasaṁ) | tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | catūhi → catuhi (pts)“Suppose there was a king, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed seven treasures and four blessings, and experienced pleasure and happiness because of them.

Katamehi sattahi?What seven? Idha, bhikkhave, rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa dibbaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati sahassāraṁ sanemikaṁ sanābhikaṁ sabbākāraparipūraṁ.
bhikkhave → bhikkhu (bj, pts) | pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa → paṇṇarase sīsaṁ nahātassa (bj); paṇṇarase sīsanhātassa (sya-all) | sīsaṁnhātassa → sīsaṁ nahātassa (pts) | tadahuposathe → tadahu posathe (pts)It’s when, on the fifteenth day sabbath, an anointed aristocratic king has bathed his head and gone upstairs in the royal longhouse to observe the sabbath. And the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to him, with a thousand spokes, with rim and hub, complete in every detail. Taṁ disvāna rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa evaṁ hoti:
evaṁ hoti → etadahosi (sya-all, km, mr) | taṁ → (sya-all, pts) | hoti → etadahosi (cck: syā. kaṁ. ka.)Seeing this, the king thinks, ‘sutaṁ kho pana metaṁ yassa rañño khattiyassa muddhāvasittassa tadahuposathe pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa uposathikassa uparipāsādavaragatassa dibbaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati sahassāraṁ sanemikaṁ sanābhikaṁ sabbākāraparipūraṁ, so hoti rājā cakkavattīti.
pannarase sīsaṁnhātassa → paṇṇarase sīsaṁ nahātassa (bj); paṇṇarase sīsanhātassa (sya-all) | khattiyassa → (sya-all) | cakkavattīti → cakkavatti (sya-all) | sīsaṁnhātassa → sīsaṁ nahātassa (pts) | cakkavattīti → MSS. omit ti. (pts note) | cakkavattīti → cakkavattī (bjt) | metaṁ → me taṁ (pts) | tadahuposathe → tadahu posathe (pts)‘I have heard that when the heavenly wheel-treasure appears to a king in this way, he becomes a wheel-turning monarch. Assaṁ nu kho ahaṁ rājā cakkavattī’ti?
assaṁ → assan (pts)Am I then a wheel-turning monarch?’

Atha kho, bhikkhave, rājā khattiyo muddhāvasitto vāmena hatthena bhiṅkāraṁ gahetvā dakkhiṇena hatthena cakkaratanaṁ abbhukkirati:
muddhāvasitto → muddhāvasitto uṭṭhāyāsanā (bj, sya-all, pts) | bhiṅkāraṁ → bhiṅgāraṁ (sya-all) | abbhukkirati → abbhukīrati (sya-all) | uṭṭhāyāsanā → uṭṭhāyāsanā (bj: machasaṁ natthi.) | bhiṅkāraṁ → bhiṅgāraṁ (bj: syā) | abbhukkirati → abbhukirati (bj: syā) | āsanā → So Si Bu; Sky omit uṭṭhāy'; āsanā. (pts note) | bhiṅkāraṁ → Si bhiṅgāraṁ. (pts note) | abbhukkirati → Si abbhukirati. (pts note)Then the anointed aristocratic king, taking a ceremonial vase in his left hand, besprinkled the wheel-treasure with his right hand, saying, ‘pavattatu bhavaṁ cakkaratanaṁ, abhivijinātu bhavaṁ cakkaratanan’ti.
cakkaratananti → cakkaratanan ti (pts)‘Roll forth, O wheel-treasure! Triumph, O wheel-treasure!’ Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ puratthimaṁ disaṁ pavattati. Anvadeva rājā cakkavattī saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya. Yasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, padese cakkaratanaṁ patiṭṭhāti tattha rājā cakkavattī vāsaṁ upeti saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya.
tattha → tatra (bj, sya-all, pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Then the wheel-treasure rolls toward the east. And the king follows it together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army. Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno te rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:
upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu → upasaṁkamitvā evam āhaṁsu (pts)And any opposing rulers of the eastern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say, ‘ehi kho, mahārāja. Svāgataṁ te, mahārāja. Sakaṁ te, mahārāja. Anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.
Svāgataṁ te, mahārāja → svāgataṁ mahārāja (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | te → (bj, sya-all) | svāgataṁ → svāgataṁ mahārāja sakan (pts) | mahārāja sakaṁ te mahārāja → mahārājā (pts) | mahārāja → svāgataṁ mahārāja (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | sakaṁ te → sakante (bjt, th)‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’ Rājā cakkavattī evamāha:
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | evamāha → evam āha (pts)The wheel-turning monarch says, ‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṁ nādātabbaṁ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṁ na pātabbaṁ, yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.
yathābhuttañca → yathābhūtañca (sya-all) | yathābhuttañ → Si yathābhūtañ (bis). Cf. S.B.E. xi. 253 (note). 2 Si ahesuṁ. (pts note) | kāmesumicchā → kāmesu micchā (bjt, pts) | yathābhuttañca → yathābhuttañ ca (pts)‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’ Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, puratthimāya disāya paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti.
bhavanti → ahesuṁ (sya-all, km, mr) | anuyantā → anuyuttā (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | anuyantā bhavanti → anuyuttā ahesuṁ (sya-all) | anuyantā → anuyuttā (pts) | anuyuttā → anuyantā (bj: machasaṁ, sīmu) | anuyantā → anuyuttā (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | bhavanti → ahesuṁ (cck: syā. kaṁ. ka.)And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.

Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ puratthimaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā dakkhiṇaṁ disaṁ pavattati …pe…
ajjhogāhetvā → ajjhogahetvā (bj, sya-all, km, pts1ed) | puratthimaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā → puratthimasamuddaṁ ajjhogahetvā (bj) | ajjhogāhetvā → ajjhogahetvā (pts) | ajjhogāhetvā → ajjhogahetvā (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.)Then the wheel-treasure, having plunged into the eastern ocean and emerged again, rolls toward the south. … dakkhiṇaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā pacchimaṁ disaṁ pavattati …pe…
ajjhogāhetvā → ajjhogahetvā (bj, sya-all, pts) | dakkhiṇaṁ → dakkhiṇaṁ disaṁ (sya-all) | pacchimaṁ → pacchamaṁ (sya-all)Having plunged into the southern ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the west. … pacchimaṁ samuddaṁ ajjhogāhetvā paccuttaritvā uttaraṁ disaṁ pavattati anvadeva rājā cakkavattī saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya. Yasmiṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, padese cakkaratanaṁ patiṭṭhāti tattha rājā cakkavattī vāsaṁ upeti saddhiṁ caturaṅginiyā senāya.
ajjhogāhetvā → ajjhogahetvā (bj, sya-all); (pts) | pacchimaṁ → pacchimaṁ disaṁ (sya-all) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | tattha → tatra (sya-all, pts) | uttaraṁ → uttariṁ (pts) | pacchimaṁ → Si (but not Bu) adds disaṁ. (pts note)Having plunged into the western ocean and emerged again, it rolls toward the north, followed by the king together with his army of four divisions. In whatever place the wheel-treasure stands still, there the king comes to stay together with his army.

Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, uttarāya disāya paṭirājāno te rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:
upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu → upasaṁkamitvā evam āhaṁsu (pts)And any opposing rulers of the northern quarter come to the wheel-turning monarch and say, ‘ehi kho, mahārāja. Svāgataṁ te, mahārāja. Sakaṁ te, mahārāja. Anusāsa, mahārājā’ti.
te → (bj, sya-all) | svāgataṁ te mahārāja sakaṁ → svāgatam mahārājā sakan (pts) | sakaṁ te → sakante (th)‘Come, Great King! Welcome, Great King! We are yours, Great King, instruct us.’ Rājā cakkavattī evamāha:
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | evamāha → evam āha (pts)The wheel-turning monarch says, ‘pāṇo na hantabbo, adinnaṁ nādātabbaṁ, kāmesumicchā na caritabbā, musā na bhāsitabbā, majjaṁ na pātabbaṁ; yathābhuttañca bhuñjathā’ti.
yathābhuttañca → yathābhūtañca (sya-all) | kāmesumicchā → kāmesu micchā (bjt)‘Do not kill living creatures. Do not steal. Do not commit sexual misconduct. Do not lie. Do not drink liquor. Maintain the current level of taxation.’ Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, uttarāya disāya paṭirājāno te rañño cakkavattissa anuyantā bhavanti.
anuyantā → anuyuttā (bj); anuyutta (pts) | anuyantā bhavanti → anuyuttā ahesuṁ (sya-all)And so the opposing rulers of the eastern quarter become his vassals.

Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, cakkaratanaṁ samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ abhivijinitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā rañño cakkavattissa antepuradvāre akkhāhataṁ maññe tiṭṭhati rañño cakkavattissa antepuradvāraṁ upasobhayamānaṁ.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | tameva → tamenaṁ (sya-all) | eva → Si tam evaṁ. (pts note) | antepuradvāre → ante puradvāre (bjt) | tameva → tam eva (pts)And then the wheel-treasure, having triumphed over this land surrounded by ocean, returns to the royal capital. There it stands still at the gate to the royal compound as if fixed to an axle, illuminating the royal compound. Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ cakkaratanaṁ pātubhavati.Such is the wheel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa hatthiratanaṁ pātubhavati—
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the elephant-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. sabbaseto sattappatiṭṭho iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo uposatho nāma nāgarājā.
nāma → (bj) | uposatho → uposathonāma (bj: sīmu)It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, touching the ground in seven places, a king of elephants named Sabbath. Taṁ disvāna rañño cakkavattissa cittaṁ pasīdati:
taṁ → (sya-all, pts) | cittaṁ → cittam (pts)Seeing him, the king was impressed, ‘bhaddakaṁ vata bho hatthiyānaṁ, sace damathaṁ upeyyā’ti.‘This would truly be a fine elephant vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’ Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, hatthiratanaṁ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo hatthājānīyo dīgharattaṁ suparidanto evameva damathaṁ upeti.
evameva → evam eva (pts)Then the elephant-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred elephant that had been tamed for a long time. Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva hatthiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṁ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.
pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (bj, pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā → paṭhaviṁ anupariyāyitvā (sya-all) | anusaṁyāyitvā → So Sky; Si anupariyāyitvā. (pts note) | pātarāsamakāsi → pātarāsaṁ akāsi (bjt) | abhiruhitvā → abhirūhitvā (th, pts) | tameva → tam eva (pts) | pātarāsamakāsi → pātarāsam akāsi (pts)Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same elephant-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast. Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ hatthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.Such is the elephant-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa assaratanaṁ pātubhavati—
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the horse-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. sabbaseto kāḷasīso muñjakeso iddhimā vehāsaṅgamo valāhako nāma assarājā.
kāḷasīso → kākasīso (bj, sya-all) | nāma → (bj) | sabbaseto kāḷasīso → sabbaseso kākasīso (pts) | valāhako → valāho (pts) | kākasīso → kāḷasīso (bj: machasaṁ) | valāhako → valāhakānāma (bj: sīmu) | Valāho → So Sky Bu; Si Valāhako. (pts note)It was an all-white sky-walker with psychic power, with head of black and mane like woven reeds, a royal steed named Thundercloud. Taṁ disvāna rañño cakkavattissa cittaṁ pasīdati:
taṁ → (bj, pts) | cittaṁ → cittam (pts)Seeing him, the king was impressed, ‘bhaddakaṁ vata bho assayānaṁ, sace damathaṁ upeyyā’ti.‘This would truly be a fine horse vehicle, if he would submit to taming.’ Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, assaratanaṁ seyyathāpi nāma bhaddo assājānīyo dīgharattaṁ suparidanto evameva damathaṁ upeti.
evameva damathaṁ → evaṁ eva dhamathaṁ (pts)Then the horse-treasure submitted to taming, as if he were a fine thoroughbred horse that had been tamed for a long time. Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva assaratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno pubbaṇhasamayaṁ abhiruhitvā samuddapariyantaṁ pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā tameva rājadhāniṁ paccāgantvā pātarāsamakāsi.
pubbaṇhasamayaṁ → pubbanhasamayaṁ (bj) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | pathaviṁ anusaṁyāyitvā → paṭhaviṁ anupariyāyitvā (sya-all) | pathaviṁ → paṭhaviṁ (pts) | pātarāsamakāsi → pātarāsaṁ akāsi (bjt) | abhiruhitvā → abhirūhitvā (th, pts) | tameva → tam eva (pts) | pātarāsamakāsi → pātarāsam akāsi (pts)Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same horse-treasure, mounted him in the morning and traversed the land surrounded by ocean before returning to the royal capital in time for breakfast. Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ assaratanaṁ pātubhavati.Such is the horse-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa maṇiratanaṁ pātubhavati.
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the jewel-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. So hoti maṇi veḷuriyo subho jātimā aṭṭhaṁso suparikammakato.
jātimā → jotimā (sya-all)It is a beryl gem that’s naturally lustrous, eight-faceted, well-worked. Tassa kho pana, bhikkhave, maṇiratanassa ābhā samantā yojanaṁ phuṭā hoti.And the radiance of that jewel spreads all-round for a league. Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva maṇiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno caturaṅginiṁ senaṁ sannayhitvā maṇiṁ dhajaggaṁ āropetvā rattandhakāratimisāya pāyāsi.
rattandhakāratimisāya → rattandhakāratimisāyaṁ (bj, pts) | caturaṅginiṁ → caturaṅginaṁ (pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (th) | tameva → tam eva (pts) | rattandhakāratimisāya → rattandhakāratimisāyam (pts)Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same jewel-treasure, mobilized his army of four divisions and, with the jewel hoisted on his banner, set out in the dark of the night. Ye kho pana, bhikkhave, samantā gāmā ahesuṁ te tenobhāsena kammante payojesuṁ ‘divā’ti maññamānā.
tenobhāsena → ten obhāsena (pts) | divāti → divā ti (pts)Then the villagers around them set off to work, thinking that it was day. Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ maṇiratanaṁ pātubhavati.Such is the jewel-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa itthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.
pātubhavati → Si adds sā. (pts note) | itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (th) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the woman-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. Sā abhirūpā dassanīyā pāsādikā paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgatā nātidīghā nātirassā nātikisā nātithūlā nātikāḷikā nāccodātā, atikkantā mānusaṁ vaṇṇaṁ, appattā dibbaṁ vaṇṇaṁ.
nātikāḷikā → nātikāḷī (bj, pts1ed) | sā → (bj, pts) | nātikāḷikā nāccodātā → nātikāḷī nāccodāta (pts) | nātikāḷī → nātikāḷikā (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | nātikāḷikā → nātikāḷī (cck: sī. pī.) | nātikisā → Si nātikīsā. Cf. vol. ii. 121. (pts note) | nātikāḷī → Si nātikālikā. (pts note)She is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. She’s neither too tall nor too short; neither too thin nor too fat; neither too dark nor too light. She outdoes human beauty without reaching heavenly beauty. Tassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa evarūpo kāyasamphasso hoti, seyyathāpi nāma tūlapicuno vā kappāsapicuno vā.
itthiratanassa → itthīratanassa (sya-all) | tūlapicuno → tulapicuno (sya-all)And her touch is like a tuft of cotton-wool or kapok. Tassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa sīte uṇhāni gattāni honti, uṇhe sītāni gattāni honti.
itthiratanassa → itthīratanassa (sya-all)When it’s cool her limbs are warm, and when it’s warm her limbs are cool. Tassa kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanassa kāyato candanagandho vāyati, mukhato uppalagandho vāyati.
itthiratanassa → itthīratanassa (sya-all)The fragrance of sandal floats from her body, and lotus from her mouth. Taṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanaṁ rañño cakkavattissa pubbuṭṭhāyinī hoti pacchānipātinī kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī manāpacārinī piyavādinī.
itthiratanaṁ rañño → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all) | kiṅkārapaṭissāvinī → kiṁkārapaṭissāvinī (my, bjt, th, ms2005, pts)She gets up before the king and goes to bed after him, and is obliging, behaving nicely and speaking politely. Taṁ kho pana, bhikkhave, itthiratanaṁ rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ manasāpi no aticarati, kuto pana kāyena?
itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all) | pana → (pts) | kuto → Si adds pana. (pts note) | manasāpi → manasā pi (pts)The woman-treasure does not betray the wheel-turning monarch even in thought, still less in deed. Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ itthiratanaṁ pātubhavati.
itthiratanaṁ → itthīratanaṁ (sya-all)Such is the woman-treasure who appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa gahapatiratanaṁ pātubhavati.
gahapatiratanaṁ → gahapatiratamaṁ (pts) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the householder-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. Tassa kammavipākajaṁ dibbacakkhu pātubhavati, yena nidhiṁ passati sassāmikampi assāmikampi.
dibbacakkhu → dibbaṁ cakkhuṁ (bj); dibbaṁ cakkhu (sya-all, pts) | sassāmikampi → sasāmikampi (th) | sassāmikampi assāmikampi → sassāmikam pi assāmikam pi (pts)The power of clairvoyance manifests in him as a result of past deeds, by which he sees treasure troves, both owned and ownerless. So rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha:
upasaṅkamitvā evamāha → upasaṁkamitvā evam āha (pts)He approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says, ‘appossukko tvaṁ, deva, hohi. Ahaṁ te dhanena dhanakaraṇīyaṁ karissāmī’ti.
dhanakaraṇīyaṁ → dhanena karaṇīyaṁ (mr) | dhanakaraṇīyaṁ → dhanena karaṇīyaṁ (cck: ka.) | ahaṁ te → ahante (th) | ahaṁ → ahan (pts)‘Relax, Your Majesty. I will take care of the treasury.’ Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī tameva gahapatiratanaṁ vīmaṁsamāno nāvaṁ abhiruhitvā majjhe gaṅgāya nadiyā sotaṁ ogāhitvā gahapatiratanaṁ etadavoca:
ogāhitvā → ogahetvā (bj, pts1ed) | rājā cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | ogāhitvā → ogahetvā (pts) | ogāhitvā → ogahetvā (cck: sī. pī.) | ogahetvā → So Sky; Si ogāhitvā. (pts note) | majjhe gaṅgāya → majjhegaṅgāya (bjt) | abhiruhitvā → abhirūhitvā (th, pts) | tameva → tam eva (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)Once it so happened that the wheel-turning monarch, testing that same householder-treasure, boarded a boat and sailed to the middle of the Ganges River. Then he said to the householder-treasure, ‘attho me, gahapati, hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.‘Householder, I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’ ‘Tena hi, mahārāja, ekaṁ tīraṁ nāvā upetū’ti.
tena hi → tenahi (th)‘Well then, Great King, draw the boat up to one shore.’ ‘Idheva me, gahapati, attho hiraññasuvaṇṇenā’ti.
idheva → idh eva (pts)‘It’s right here, householder, that I need gold, both coined and uncoined.’ Atha kho taṁ, bhikkhave, gahapatiratanaṁ ubhohi hatthehi udake omasitvā pūraṁ hiraññasuvaṇṇassa kumbhiṁ uddharitvā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ etadavoca:
etadavoca alamettāvatā → evamāha alaṁ ettāvatā (bj, pts) | taṁ → naṁ (pts) | udake → udakaṁ (pts) | evamāha → etadavoca (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | udakaṁ → Si udake. (pts note) | etadavoca → evam āha (pts)Then that householder-treasure, immersing both hands in the water, pulled up a pot full of gold, both coined and uncoined, and said to the king, ‘alamettāvatā, mahārāja. Katamettāvatā, mahārāja. Pūjitamettāvatā, mahārājā’ti.
ettāvatā → Sky omit this line. (pts note) | alamettāvatā → alaṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | katamettāvatā → kataṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | pūjitamettāvatā → pūjitaṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | alamettāvatā → alam ettāvatā (pts) | katamettāvatā → katam ettāvatā (pts) | pūjitamettāvatā → pūjitam ettāvatā (pts)‘Is this sufficient, Great King? Has enough been done, Great King, enough offered?’ Rājā cakkavattī evamāha:
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | cakkavattī evamāha → cakkhavattī evam āha (pts)The wheel-turning monarch said, ‘alamettāvatā, gahapati. Katamettāvatā, gahapati. Pūjitamettāvatā, gahapatī’ti.
alamettāvatā → alaṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | katamettāvatā → kataṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | pūjitamettāvatā → pūjitaṁ ettāvatā (bjt) | alamettāvatā → alam ettāvatā (pts) | katamettāvatā gahapati pūjitamettāvatā → katam ettāvatā gahāpati pūjitam ettāvatā (pts)‘That is sufficient, householder. Enough has been done, enough offered.’ Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ gahapatiratanaṁ pātubhavati.Such is the householder-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño cakkavattissa pariṇāyakaratanaṁ pātubhavati—
pariṇāyakaratanaṁ → parināyakaratanaṁ (bj, sya-all) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Next, the commander-treasure appears to the wheel-turning monarch. paṇḍito byatto medhāvī paṭibalo rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upayāpetabbaṁ upayāpetuṁ apayāpetabbaṁ apayāpetuṁ ṭhapetabbaṁ ṭhapetuṁ.
upayāpetabbaṁ upayāpetuṁ → upaṭṭhāpetabbaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ (bj, sya-all, km); upaṭṭhapetabbaṁ upaṭṭhapetuṁ (pts1ed) | upayāpetabbaṁ upayāpetuṁ → upaṭṭhapetabbaṁ upaṭṭhāpetuṁ (sya-all); upaṭṭhapetabbaṁ upaṭṭhapetuṁ (pts) | upaṭṭhāpetabbaṁ → upayāpetabbaṁ (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | upaṭṭhāpetuṁ → upayāpetuṁ (bj: sīmu, machasaṁ) | upayāpetuṁ → upaṭṭhapetabbaṁ upaṭṭhapetuṁ (cck: sī. syā. kaṁ. pī.) | paṭibalo → Si patibalo. (pts note) | byatto → vyatto (bjt, pts)He is astute, competent, intelligent, and capable regarding who should be ushered in to the king’s presence, who should be ushered out, and who should be kept by his side. So rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāha:
upasaṅkamitvā evamāha → upasaṁkamitvā evam āha (pts)He approaches the wheel-turning monarch and says, ‘appossukko tvaṁ, deva, hohi. Ahamanusāsissāmī’ti.
ahamanusāsissāmīti → ahaṁ anusāsissāmīti (bjt) | ahamanusāsissāmīti → aham anusāsissāmīti (pts)‘Relax, Your Majesty. I shall issue instructions.’ Rañño, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa evarūpaṁ pariṇāyakaratanaṁ pātubhavati.
pariṇāyakaratanaṁ → parināyakaratanaṁ (bj, sya-all)Such is the commander-treasure that appears to the wheel-turning monarch. Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imehi sattahi ratanehi samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | sattahi → (sya-all) | sattahi → Si omits. (pts note)These are the seven treasures possessed by a wheel-turning monarch.

Katamāhi catūhi iddhīhi?
catūhi → catuhi (pts)And what are the four blessings?

Idha, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī abhirūpo hoti dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato ativiya aññehi manussehi.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)A wheel-turning monarch is attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty, more so than other humans. Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya paṭhamāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)This is the first blessing.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī dīghāyuko hoti ciraṭṭhitiko ativiya aññehi manussehi.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Furthermore, he is long-lived, more so than other humans. Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya dutiyāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)This is the second blessing.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī appābādho hoti appātaṅko samavepākiniyā gahaṇiyā samannāgato nātisītāya nāccuṇhāya ativiya aññehi manussehi.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Furthermore, he is rarely ill or unwell, and his stomach digests well, being neither too hot nor too cold, more so than other humans. Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya tatiyāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)This is the third blessing.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)Furthermore, a wheel-turning monarch is as dear and beloved to the brahmins and householders Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pitā puttānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo;
puttānaṁ → puttānam (pts)as a father is to his children. evameva kho, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ piyo hoti manāpo.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | evameva → evam eva (pts) | brāhmaṇagahapatikānaṁ → brāhmaṇagahapatikānam (pts) Raññopi, bhikkhave, cakkavattissa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā honti manāpā.
raññopi → rañño (th) | raññopi → rañño pi (pts)And the brahmins and householders are as dear to the wheel-turning monarch Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, pitu puttā piyā honti manāpā;as children are to their father. evameva kho, bhikkhave, raññopi cakkavattissa brāhmaṇagahapatikā piyā honti manāpā.
raññopi → rañño (th, pts) | evameva → evam eva (pts)

Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā cakkavattī caturaṅginiyā senāya uyyānabhūmiṁ niyyāsi.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)Once it so happened that a wheel-turning monarch went with his army of four divisions to visit a park. Atha kho, bhikkhave, brāhmaṇagahapatikā rājānaṁ cakkavattiṁ upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu:
upasaṅkamitvā evamāhaṁsu → upasaṁkamitvā evam āhaṁsu (pts)Then the brahmins and householders went up to him and said, ‘ataramāno, deva, yāhi yathā taṁ mayaṁ cirataraṁ passeyyāmā’ti.
taṁ → tam (pts) | cirataraṁ → cirataram (pts)‘Slow down, Your Majesty, so we may see you longer!’ Rājāpi, bhikkhave, cakkavattī sārathiṁ āmantesi:
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | rājāpi → rājā pi (pts)And the king addressed his charioteer, ‘ataramāno, sārathi, pesehi yathā maṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā cirataraṁ passeyyun’ti.
passeyyunti → passeyyanti (bj, sya-all, pts) | yathā maṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā → yathāhaṁ brāhmaṇagahapatike (sya-all) | maṁ brāhmaṇagahapatikā → haṁ brāhmaṇagahapatike (pts) | passeyyunti → passeyyan ti (pts)‘Drive slowly, charioteer, so I can see the brahmins and householders longer!’ Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāya catutthāya iddhiyā samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all)This is the fourth blessing.

Rājā, bhikkhave, cakkavattī imāhi catūhi iddhīhi samannāgato hoti.
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | catūhi → catuhi (pts)These are the four blessings possessed by a wheel-turning monarch.

Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
kiṁ → kim (pts)What do you think, mendicants? api nu kho rājā cakkavattī imehi sattahi ratanehi samannāgato imāhi catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyethā”ti?
cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | catūhi → catuhi (pts)Would a wheel-turning monarch who possessed these seven treasures and these four blessings experience pleasure and happiness because of them?”

“Ekamekenapi, bhante, ratanena samannāgato rājā cakkavattī tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvediyetha, ko pana vādo sattahi ratanehi catūhi ca iddhīhī”ti?
Ekamekenapi, bhante, ratanena → tena bhante ratanena (bj, pts1ed) | ekamekenapi → ekamekenāpi (bj); ekamekena pi tena (pts) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | ratanena → tena ratanena (cck: sī.) | tatonidānaṁ → tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | catūhi → catuhi (pts)“Sir, a wheel-turning monarch who possessed even a single one of these treasures would experience pleasure and happiness because of that, let alone all seven treasures and four blessings!”

Atha kho bhagavā parittaṁ pāṇimattaṁ pāsāṇaṁ gahetvā bhikkhū āmantesi:Then the Buddha, picking up a stone the size of his palm, addressed the mendicants, “Taṁ kiṁ maññatha, bhikkhave,
kiṁ → kim (pts)“What do you think, mendicants? katamo nu kho mahantataro—yo cāyaṁ mayā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito yo ca himavā pabbatarājā”ti?
yo ca → (sya-all, pts) | pabbatarājāti → vā pabbatarājā ti (pts)Which is bigger: the stone the size of my palm that I’ve picked up, or the Himalayas, the king of mountains?”

“Appamattako ayaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā paritto pāṇimatto pāsāṇo gahito; himavantaṁ pabbatarājānaṁ upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti; kalabhāgampi na upeti; upanidhampi na upetī”ti.
upanidhampi → upanidhimpi (bj, pts) | upetīti → upeti (bj) | saṅkhampi → saṅkham pi (pts) | kalabhāgampi → kalabhāgam pi (pts) | upanidhampi → upanidhim pi (pts)“Sir, the stone you’ve picked up is tiny. Compared to the Himalayas, it doesn’t count, it’s not worth a fraction, there’s no comparison.”

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, yaṁ rājā cakkavattī sattahi ratanehi samannāgato catūhi ca iddhīhi tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ paṭisaṁvedeti taṁ dibbassa sukhassa upanidhāya saṅkhampi na upeti; kalabhāgampi na upeti; upanidhampi na upeti.
upanidhampi → upanidhimpi (bj, pts) | yaṁ → ayaṁ (sya-all) | cakkavattī → cakkavatti (sya-all) | samannāgato catūhi → catuhi (pts) | yaṁ → Sky omit; Si ayaṁ. (pts note) | tatonidānaṁ → samannāgato tato nidānaṁ (bjt) | evameva → evam eva (pts) | saṅkhampi → saṅkham pi (pts) | kalabhāgampi → kalabhāgam pi (pts) | upanidhampi → upanidhim pi (pts)“In the same way, compared to the happiness of heaven, the pleasure and happiness experienced by a wheel-turning monarch due to those seven treasures and those four blessings doesn’t even count, it’s not even a fraction, there’s no comparison.

Sa kho so, bhikkhave, paṇḍito sace kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena manussattaṁ āgacchati, yāni tāni uccākulāni—And suppose that astute person, after a very long time, returned to the human realm. khattiyamahāsālakulaṁ vā brāhmaṇamahāsālakulaṁ vā gahapatimahāsālakulaṁ vā tathārūpe kule paccājāyati aḍḍhe mahaddhane mahābhoge pahūtajātarūparajate pahūtavittūpakaraṇe pahūtadhanadhaññe.
paccājāyati aḍḍhe → pacchā jāyati addhe (sya-all) | pahūtajātarūparajate pahūtavittūpakaraṇe pahūtadhanadhaññe → pahutajātarūparajate pahutavittūpakaraṇe pahutadhanadhaññe (pts) | aḍḍhe → Si addhe. (pts note)They’d be reborn in a well-to-do family of aristocrats, brahmins, or householders—rich, affluent, and wealthy, with lots of gold and silver, lots of property and assets, and lots of money and grain. So ca hoti abhirūpo dassanīyo pāsādiko paramāya vaṇṇapokkharatāya samannāgato, lābhī annassa pānassa vatthassa yānassa mālāgandhavilepanassa seyyāvasathapadīpeyyassa.And they’d be attractive, good-looking, lovely, of surpassing beauty. They’d get to have food, drink, clothes, and vehicles; garlands, fragrance, and makeup; and a bed, house, and lighting. So kāyena sucaritaṁ carati, vācāya sucaritaṁ carati, manasā sucaritaṁ carati.And they do good things by way of body, speech, and mind. So kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā, vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā, manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | paraṁ → param (pts)When their body breaks up, after death, they’re reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaṭaggahena mahantaṁ bhogakkhandhaṁ adhigaccheyya;
paṭhameneva → paṭhamen eva (pts)Suppose a gambler was to win a big pile of money with the first winning hand. appamattako so, bhikkhave, kaṭaggaho yaṁ so akkhadhutto paṭhameneva kaṭaggahena mahantaṁ bhogakkhandhaṁ adhigaccheyya.
+ → kho (th) | paṭhameneva → paṭhamen eva (pts)Such a winning hand is trivial compared to Atha kho ayameva tato mahantataro kaṭaggaho yaṁ so paṇḍito kāyena sucaritaṁ caritvā, vācāya sucaritaṁ caritvā, manasā sucaritaṁ caritvā kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapajjati.
paraṁ maraṇā → param maraṇa (pts) | upapajjati → uppajjati (pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th) | ayameva → ayam eva (pts)the winning hand whereby an astute person, when their body breaks up, after death, is reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, kevalā paripūrā paṇḍitabhūmī”ti.
kevalā paripūrā → kevalaparipūrā (pts)This is the total fulfillment of the astute person’s level.”

Idamavoca bhagavā.
idamavoca → idam avoca (pts)That is what the Buddha said. Attamanā te bhikkhū bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandunti.
abhinandunti → abhinandun ti (pts)Satisfied, the mendicants approved what the Buddha said.

Bālapaṇḍitasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ navamaṁ.