Ethics (1st) · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected Onevuttamarahatāti by meme heardsutaṁ:
This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.
with two“Dvīhi,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
with qualitiesdhammehi
endowedsamannāgato
an individualpuggalo
as if deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
thusevaṁ
in hellniraye.
with whatKatamehi
twodvīhi?
with badPāpakena
andca
conductsīlena,
with badpāpikāya
andca
viewdiṭṭhiyā.
with theseImehi
indeedkho,
mendicantsbhikkhave,
with twodvīhi
with qualitiesdhammehi
endowedsamannāgato
an individualpuggalo
as if deliveredyathābhataṁ
placednikkhitto
thusevaṁ
in hellniraye”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ
the Buddhabhagavā
spokeavoca.
on thisTatthetaṁ
quotation markeriti
is saidvuccati:
“Mendicants, an individual with two qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What two? Bad conduct and bad view. An individual with these two qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:
with bad“Pāpakena
andca
with conductsīlena,
with badpāpikāya
andca
with viewsdiṭṭhiyā;
with theseEtehi
with twodvīhi
with qualitiesdhammehi,
whoyo
possessessamannāgato
personnaro;
of the bodyKāyassa
at breakupbhedā
witlessduppañño,
to hellnirayaṁ
is rebornsopapajjatī”ti.
“If a person possesses these two qualities— bad conduct and bad views— when their body breaks up, that witless person is reborn in hell.”
this tooAyampi
matterattho
spokenvutto
by the Blessed Onebhagavatā,
thusiti
by meme
heardsutanti.
fifthPañcamaṁ.
This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.
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