1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā sivathikāya.“Mendicants, there are these five drawbacks to a charnel ground.1.2Katame pañca?What five?

1.3Asuci, duggandhā, sappaṭibhayā, vāḷānaṁ amanussānaṁ āvāso, bahuno janassa ārodanā—It’s filthy, stinking, frightening, a gathering place for savage monsters, and a weeping place for many people.1.4ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā sivathikāya.These are the five drawbacks of a charnel ground.

2.1PTS 3.269Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, pañcime ādīnavā sivathikūpame puggale.In the same way there are five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.2.2Katame pañca?What five?2.3Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo asucinā kāyakammena samannāgato hoti;To start with, an individual has filthy conduct by way of body, speech, and mind.2.4asucinā vacīkammena samannāgato hoti;2.5asucinā manokammena samannāgato hoti.2.6Idamassa asucitāya vadāmi.This is how they’re filthy, I say.2.7Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, sivathikā asuci;That individual is just as filthy as a charnel ground.2.8tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

3.1Tassa asucinā kāyakammena samannāgatassa, asucinā vacīkammena samannāgatassa, asucinā manokammena samannāgatassa pāpako kittisaddo abbhuggacchati.Because of their filthy conduct, they get a bad reputation.3.2Idamassa duggandhatāya vadāmi.This is how they’re stinky, I say.3.3Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, sivathikā duggandhā;That individual is just as stinky as a charnel ground.3.4tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

4.1Tamenaṁ asucinā kāyakammena samannāgataṁ, asucinā vacīkammena samannāgataṁ, asucinā manokammena samannāgataṁ pesalā sabrahmacārī ārakā parivajjanti.Because of their filthy conduct, good-hearted spiritual companions avoid them from afar.4.2Idamassa sappaṭibhayasmiṁ vadāmi.That’s how they’re frightening, I say.4.3Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, sivathikā sappaṭibhayā;That individual is just as frightening as a charnel ground.4.4tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

5.1So asucinā kāyakammena samannāgato, asucinā vacīkammena samannāgato, asucinā manokammena samannāgato sabhāgehi puggalehi saddhiṁ saṁvasati.Because of their filthy conduct, they live together with individuals of a similar character.5.2Idamassa vāḷāvāsasmiṁ vadāmi.This is how they gather with savage monsters, I say.5.3Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, sivathikā vāḷānaṁ amanussānaṁ āvāso;That individual is just as much a gathering place of savage monsters as a charnel ground.5.4tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

6.1Tamenaṁ asucinā kāyakammena samannāgataṁ, asucinā vacīkammena samannāgataṁ, asucinā manokammena samannāgataṁ pesalā sabrahmacārī disvā khīyadhammaṁ āpajjanti:Because of their filthy conduct, when good-hearted spiritual companions see them they complain:6.2‘aho vata no dukkhaṁ ye mayaṁ evarūpehi puggalehi saddhiṁ saṁvasāmā’ti.‘Oh, it’s so painful for us to have to live together with such as these.’6.3Idamassa ārodanāya vadāmi.This is how there’s weeping, I say.6.4Seyyathāpi sā, bhikkhave, sivathikā bahuno janassa ārodanā;This person is just as much a weeping place for many people as a charnel ground.6.5tathūpamāhaṁ, bhikkhave, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.

6.6Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca ādīnavā sivathikūpame puggale”ti.These are the five drawbacks of an individual like a charnel ground.”

6.7Navamaṁ.