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Sutta Nipāta 2.6

Kapilasutta (dhammacariyasutta)

A Righteous Life · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral

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Dhammacariyaṁ brahmacariyaṁ,
Etadāhu vasuttamaṁ;
Pabbajitopi ce hoti,
Agārā anagāriyaṁ.

A righteous life, a spiritual life, they call this the supreme treasure. But if someone goes forth from the lay life to homelessness

So ce mukharajātiko,
vihesābhirato mago;
Jīvitaṁ tassa pāpiyo,
rajaṁ vaḍḍheti attano.

who is of scurrilous character, a beast and a bully, their life gets worse, as poison grows inside them.

Kalahābhirato bhikkhu,
Mohadhammena āvuto;
Akkhātampi na jānāti,
Dhammaṁ buddhena desitaṁ.

A mendicant who loves to quarrel, wrapped in delusion, doesn’t even know what’s been explained in the Dhamma taught by the Buddha.

Vihesaṁ bhāvitattānaṁ,
avijjāya purakkhato;
Saṅkilesaṁ na jānāti,
maggaṁ nirayagāminaṁ.

Harassing those who are evolved, governed by ignorance, they don’t know that corruption is the path that leads to hell.

Vinipātaṁ samāpanno,
gabbhā gabbhaṁ tamā tamaṁ;
Sa ve tādisako bhikkhu,
pecca dukkhaṁ nigacchati.

Entering the underworld, passing from womb to womb, from darkness to darkness, such a mendicant falls into suffering after death.

Gūthakūpo yathā assa,
sampuṇṇo gaṇavassiko;
Yo ca evarūpo assa,
dubbisodho hi sāṅgaṇo.

One such as that is like a sewer brimful with years of filth for it’s hard to clean one full of grime.

Yaṁ evarūpaṁ jānātha,
bhikkhavo gehanissitaṁ;
Pāpicchaṁ pāpasaṅkappaṁ,
pāpaācāragocaraṁ.

Mendicants, knowing that someone is like this, attached to the domestic life, of corrupt wishes and wicked intent, of bad behavior and alms-resort,

Sabbe samaggā hutvāna,
abhinibbajjiyātha naṁ;
Kāraṇḍavaṁ niddhamatha,
kasambuṁ apakassatha.

then having gathered in harmony, you should expel them. Throw out the trash! Get rid of the rubbish!

Tato palāpe vāhetha,
Assamaṇe samaṇamānine;
Niddhamitvāna pāpicche,
Pāpaācāragocare.

And sweep away the scraps— they’re not ascetics, they just think they are. When you’ve thrown out those of corrupt wishes, of bad behavior and alms-resort,

Suddhā suddhehi saṁvāsaṁ,
Kappayavho patissatā;
Tato samaggā nipakā,
Dukkhassantaṁ karissathāti.
Dhammacariyasuttaṁ chaṭṭhaṁ.

dwell in communion, ever mindful, the pure with the pure. Then in harmony, alert, you’ll make an end of suffering.

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