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Itivuttaka 48

Āpāyikasutta

Bound for Loss · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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this was saidVuttañhetaṁ by the Blessed Onebhagavatā said by the Perfected One:vuttamarahatāti by meme heard:sutaṁ:

This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

these two“Dveme, mendicantsbhikkhave, bound for a place of lossāpāyikā bound for hellnerayikā if they don’t give up thisidamappahāya.
whatKatame two?dve?
someone whoYo andca unchasteabrahmacārī claims to be chastebrahmacāripaṭiñño, someone whoyo andca completeparipuṇṇaṁ pureparisuddhaṁ chastitybrahmacariyaṁ practicingcarantaṁ with a groundlessamūlakena accusation of unchastityabrahmacariyena makes an accusation againstanuddhaṁseti.
theseIme indeedkho, mendicantsbhikkhave, twodve bound for a place of lossāpāyikā bound for hellnerayikā if they don’t give up this faultidamappahāyā”ti.
this matterEtamatthaṁ the Buddhabhagavā spokeavoca.
on this isTatthetaṁ thusiti it is said:vuccati:

“Mendicants, these two are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault. What two? Someone who is unchaste, but claims to be chaste; and someone who makes a groundless accusation of unchastity against a person whose chastity is pure. These are the two who are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault.” The Buddha spoke this matter. On this it is said:

one speaking falsehood“Abhūtavādī to hellnirayaṁ goesupeti,
whoYo or alsovāpi having donekatvā notna I dokaromi and I saycāha;
both alsoUbhopi theyte after dyingpecca equalsamā becomebhavanti,
of base deedsNihīnakammā menmanujā in the hereafterparattha.

“A liar goes to hell, as does one who denies what they did. Both are equal in the hereafter, those men of base deeds.

ocher-neckedKāsāvakaṇṭhā manybahavo,
wicked-naturedpāpadhammā unrestrainedasaññatā;
wickedPāpā by bad deedspāpehi by actionskammehi,
to hellnirayaṁ theyte are rebornupapajjare.

Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth are unrestrained and wicked. Being wicked, they are reborn in hell due to their bad deeds.

betterSeyyo iron ballayoguḷo eatenbhutto,
scorchingtatto like a burning flameaggisikhūpamo;
ifYañce would eatbhuñjeyya immoraldussīlo,
unrestrainedraṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato”ti.

It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained to eat an iron ball, scorching, like a burning flame, than to eat the nation’s alms.”

this tooAyampi matterattho was spokenvutto by the Blessed Onebhagavatā, thusiti by meme was heardsutanti.
the eleventhEkādasamaṁ.

This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

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