1.1Tatra kho āyasmā mahāmoggallāno bhikkhū āmantesi:There Venerable Mahāmoggallāna addressed the mendicants:1.2“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.“Reverends, mendicants!”

1.3“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato mahāmoggallānassa paccassosuṁ.“Reverend,” they replied.1.4Āyasmā mahāmoggallāno etadavoca:Venerable Mahāmoggallāna said this:

2.1PTS 5.156“Idhāvuso, bhikkhu aññaṁ byākaroti:“Take a mendicant who declares enlightenment:2.2‘khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānāmī’ti.‘I understand: “Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.”’2.3Tamenaṁ tathāgato vā tathāgatasāvako vā jhāyī samāpattikusalo paracittakusalo paracittapariyāyakusalo samanuyuñjati samanuggāhati samanubhāsati.They’re pursued, pressed, and grilled by the Realized One, or by one of his disciples who is a meditator skilled in attainments, in the minds of others, and in encompassing another’s mind.2.4So tathāgatena vā tathāgatasāvakena vā jhāyinā samāpattikusalena paracittakusalena paracittapariyāyakusalena samanuyuñjiyamāno samanuggāhiyamāno samanubhāsiyamāno irīṇaṁ āpajjati vicinaṁ āpajjati anayaṁ āpajjati byasanaṁ āpajjati anayabyasanaṁ āpajjati.Grilled in this way they get stuck or lose their way. They fall to ruin and disaster.

3.1Tamenaṁ tathāgato vā tathāgatasāvako vā jhāyī samāpattikusalo paracittakusalo paracittapariyāyakusalo evaṁ cetasā ceto paricca manasi karoti:The Realized One or one of his disciples encompasses their mind and investigates:3.2‘kiṁ nu kho ayamāyasmā aññaṁ byākaroti—‘Why does this venerable declare enlightenment, saying:

3.3khīṇā jāti, vusitaṁ brahmacariyaṁ, kataṁ karaṇīyaṁ, nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānāmī’ti?“I understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place’”?’

4.1Tamenaṁ tathāgato vā tathāgatasāvako vā jhāyī samāpattikusalo paracittakusalo paracittapariyāyakusalo evaṁ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāti:They understand:

5.1‘Kodhano kho ayamāyasmā;‘This venerable gets irritable,5.2kodhapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.and often lives with a heart full of anger.5.3Kodhapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.But being full of anger means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.

6.1Upanāhī kho pana ayamāyasmā;This venerable is acrimonious …6.2upanāhapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.6.3Upanāhapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

7.1Makkhī kho pana ayamāyasmā;prone to disdain …7.2makkhapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.7.3Makkhapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

8.1Paḷāsī kho pana ayamāyasmā;contemptuous …8.2paḷāsapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.8.3Paḷāsapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

9.1Issukī kho pana ayamāyasmā;jealous …9.2issāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.9.3Issāpariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

10.1PTS 5.157Maccharī kho pana ayamāyasmā;stingy …10.2maccherapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.10.3Maccherapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

11.1Saṭho kho pana ayamāyasmā;devious …11.2sāṭheyyapariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.11.3Sāṭheyyapariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

12.1Māyāvī kho pana ayamāyasmā;deceitful …12.2māyāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.12.3Māyāpariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.

13.1Pāpiccho kho pana ayamāyasmā;This venerable has corrupt wishes,13.2icchāpariyuṭṭhitena cetasā bahulaṁ viharati.and often lives with a heart full of desire.13.3Icchāpariyuṭṭhānaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ.But being full of desire means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.

14.1Sati kho pana ayamāyasmā uttari karaṇīye oramattakena visesādhigamena antarā vosānaṁ āpanno.When there is still more to be done, this venerable stopped half-way after achieving some trifling distinction.14.2Antarā vosānagamanaṁ kho pana tathāgatappavedite dhammavinaye parihānametaṁ’.But stopping half-way means decline in the teaching and training proclaimed by the Realized One.’

15.1So vatāvuso, bhikkhu ‘ime dasa dhamme appahāya imasmiṁ dhammavinaye vuddhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjissatī’ti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.It is quite impossible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training without giving up these ten qualities.15.2So vatāvuso, bhikkhu ‘ime dasa dhamme pahāya imasmiṁ dhammavinaye vuddhiṁ virūḷhiṁ vepullaṁ āpajjissatī’ti ṭhānametaṁ vijjatī”ti.It is quite possible for a mendicant to achieve growth, improvement, or maturity in this teaching and training after giving up these ten qualities.”

15.3Catutthaṁ.