1.1“Pāpadhammañca vo, bhikkhave, desessāmi, pāpadhammena pāpadhammatarañca;“Mendicants, I will teach you bad character and worse character,1.2kalyāṇadhammañca, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammatarañca. Taṁ suṇātha …pe….good character and better character.

2.1“Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo?And who has bad character?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco micchādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… micchāñāṇī hoti, micchāvimutti hoti.It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom.2.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammo.This is called bad character.

3.1PTS 2.225Katamo ca, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro?And who has worse character?3.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca micchādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca micchādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca micchāñāṇī hoti, parañca micchāñāṇe samādapeti;It’s someone who has wrong view, wrong purpose, wrong speech, wrong action, wrong livelihood, wrong effort, wrong mindfulness, wrong immersion, wrong knowledge, and wrong freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.3.3attanā ca micchāvimutti hoti, parañca micchāvimuttiyā samādapeti.3.4Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, pāpadhammena pāpadhammataro.This is called worse character.

4.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo?And who has good character?4.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco sammādiṭṭhiko hoti …pe… sammāñāṇī hoti, sammāvimutti hoti.It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom.4.3Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammo.This is called good character.

5.1Katamo ca, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataro?And who has better character?5.2Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco attanā ca sammādiṭṭhiko hoti, parañca sammādiṭṭhiyā samādapeti …pe… attanā ca sammāñāṇī hoti, parañca sammāñāṇe samādapeti;It’s someone who has right view, right purpose, right speech, right action, right livelihood, right effort, right mindfulness, right immersion, right knowledge, and right freedom. And they encourage others in these same qualities.5.3attanā ca sammāvimutti hoti, parañca sammāvimuttiyā samādapeti.5.4Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, kalyāṇadhammena kalyāṇadhammataro”ti.This is called better character.”

5.5Dasamaṁ.

5.6Sappurisavaggo paṭhamo.

6.0Tassuddānaṁ

6.1Sikkhāpadañca assaddhaṁ,6.2Sattakammaṁ atho ca dasakammaṁ;6.3Aṭṭhaṅgikañca dasamaggaṁ,6.4Dve pāpadhammā apare dveti.