1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, sammappadhānāni.“Mendicants, there are these four right efforts.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?

1.3Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;A mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.

1.4uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up.

1.5anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati;They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise.

1.6uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.

1.7Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri sammappadhānānīti.These are the four right efforts.

2.1Sammappadhānā māradheyyābhibhūtā,By rightly striving, <j>they’ve crushed Māra’s sovereignty;2.2Te asitā jātimaraṇabhayassa pāragū;unattached, they’ve gone beyond <j>the peril of birth and death.2.3Te tusitā jetvā māraṁ savāhiniṁ te anejā,Contented and unstirred, they’ve vanquished Māra with his legions;2.4Sabbaṁ namucibalaṁ upātivattā te sukhitā”ti.now they’ve gone beyond all Namuci’s forces, <j>they’re happy.”

2.5Tatiyaṁ.