1.1“Tisso imā, bhikkhave, vipattiyo.“Mendicants, there are three failures.1.2Katamā tisso?What three?1.3Kammantavipatti, ājīvavipatti, diṭṭhivipatti.Failure in action, livelihood, and view.

1.4Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti?And what is failure in action?1.5Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātī hoti …pe… samphappalāpī hoti.It’s when someone kills living creatures, steals, commits sexual misconduct, and uses speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.1.6Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantavipatti.This is called ‘failure in action’.

2.1Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti?And what is failure in livelihood?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchāājīvo hoti, micchāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti.It’s when a noble disciple has wrong livelihood and earns a living by wrong livelihood.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvavipatti.This is called ‘failure in livelihood’.

3.1PTS 1.271Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti?And what is failure in view?3.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti viparītadassano:It’s when someone has wrong view, a distorted perspective, such as:3.3‘natthi dinnaṁ, natthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti.‘There’s no meaning in giving, sacrifice, or offerings. There’s no fruit or result of good and bad deeds. There’s no afterlife. There’s no such thing as mother and father, or beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there’s no ascetic or brahmin who is rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describes the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’3.4Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhivipatti.This is called ‘failure in view’.3.5Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso vipattiyoti.These are the three failures.

4.1Tisso imā, bhikkhave, sampadā.There are three accomplishments.4.2Katamā tisso?What three?4.3Kammantasampadā, ājīvasampadā, diṭṭhisampadā.Accomplishment in action, livelihood, and view.

4.4Katamā ca, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā?And what is accomplishment in action?4.5Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco pāṇātipātā paṭivirato hoti …pe… samphappalāpā paṭivirato hoti.It’s when someone doesn’t kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, or use speech that’s false, backbiting, harsh, or nonsensical.4.6Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kammantasampadā.This is called ‘accomplishment in action’.

5.1Katamā ca, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā?And what is accomplishment in livelihood?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammāājīvo hoti, sammāājīvena jīvikaṁ kappeti.It’s when a noble disciple has right livelihood and earns a living by right livelihood.5.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, ājīvasampadā.This is called ‘accomplishment in livelihood’.

6.1Katamā ca, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā?And what is accomplishment in view?6.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti aviparītadassano:It’s when someone has right view, an undistorted perspective, such as:6.3‘atthi dinnaṁ, atthi yiṭṭhaṁ …pe… ye imañca lokaṁ parañca lokaṁ sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā pavedentī’ti.‘There is meaning in giving, sacrifice, and offerings. There are fruits and results of good and bad deeds. There is an afterlife. There are such things as mother and father, and beings that are reborn spontaneously. And there are ascetics and brahmins who are rightly comported and rightly practiced, and who describe the afterlife after realizing it with their own insight.’6.4Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, diṭṭhisampadā.This is called ‘accomplishment in view’.

6.5Imā kho, bhikkhave, tisso sampadā”ti.These are the three accomplishments.”

6.6Sattamaṁ.