1.1“Satisampajaññe, bhikkhave, asati satisampajaññavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ.“Mendicants, when there is no mindfulness and situational awareness, one who lacks mindfulness and situational awareness has destroyed a vital condition for conscience and prudence.1.2Hirottappe asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti indriyasaṁvaro.When there is no conscience and prudence, one who lacks conscience and prudence has destroyed a vital condition for sense restraint.1.3Indriyasaṁvare asati indriyasaṁvaravipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti sīlaṁ.When there is no sense restraint, one who lacks sense restraint has destroyed a vital condition for ethical conduct.1.4Sīle asati sīlavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti sammāsamādhi.When there is no ethical conduct, one who lacks ethics has destroyed a vital condition for right immersion.1.5Sammāsamādhimhi asati sammāsamādhivipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ.When there is no right immersion, one who lacks right immersion has destroyed a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.1.6Yathābhūtañāṇadassane asati yathābhūtañāṇadassanavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti nibbidāvirāgo.When there is no true knowledge and vision, one who lacks true knowledge and vision has destroyed a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.1.7Nibbidāvirāge asati nibbidāvirāgavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.When there is no disillusionment and dispassion, one who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.

1.8Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsavipanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi na pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi na pāripūriṁ gacchati.Suppose there was a tree that lacked branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would not grow to fullness.

1.9Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, satisampajaññe asati satisampajaññavipannassa hatūpanisaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ;In the same way, when there is no mindfulness and situational awareness, one who lacks mindfulness and situational awareness has destroyed a vital condition for conscience and prudence.1.10hirottappe asati hirottappavipannassa hatūpaniso hoti …pe…When there is no conscience and prudence …1.11vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.One who lacks disillusionment and dispassion has destroyed a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.

2.1PTS 4.337Satisampajaññe, bhikkhave, sati satisampajaññasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ.When there is mindfulness and situational awareness, one who has fulfilled mindfulness and situational awareness has fulfilled a vital condition for conscience and prudence.2.2Hirottappe sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti indriyasaṁvaro.When there is conscience and prudence, one who has fulfilled conscience and prudence has fulfilled a vital condition for sense restraint.2.3Indriyasaṁvare sati indriyasaṁvarasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti sīlaṁ.When there is sense restraint, one who has fulfilled sense restraint has fulfilled a vital condition for ethical conduct.2.4Sīle sati sīlasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti sammāsamādhi.When there is ethical conduct, one who has fulfilled ethical conduct has fulfilled a vital condition for right immersion.2.5Sammāsamādhimhi sati sammāsamādhisampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti yathābhūtañāṇadassanaṁ.When there is right immersion, one who has fulfilled right immersion has fulfilled a vital condition for true knowledge and vision.2.6Yathābhūtañāṇadassane sati yathābhūtañāṇadassanasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti nibbidāvirāgo.When there is true knowledge and vision, one who has fulfilled true knowledge and vision has fulfilled a vital condition for disillusionment and dispassion.2.7Nibbidāvirāge sati nibbidāvirāgasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti vimuttiñāṇadassanaṁ.When there is disillusionment and dispassion, one who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.

2.8Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, rukkho sākhāpalāsasampanno. Tassa papaṭikāpi pāripūriṁ gacchati, tacopi … pheggupi … sāropi pāripūriṁ gacchati.Suppose there was a tree that was complete with branches and foliage. Its shoots, bark, softwood, and heartwood would grow to fullness.

2.9Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, satisampajaññe sati satisampajaññasampannassa upanisasampannaṁ hoti hirottappaṁ;In the same way, when there is mindfulness and situational awareness, one who has fulfilled mindfulness and situational awareness has fulfilled a vital condition for conscience and prudence.2.10hirottappe sati hirottappasampannassa upanisasampanno hoti …pe…When there is conscience and prudence …2.11vimuttiñāṇadassanan”ti.One who has fulfilled disillusionment and dispassion has fulfilled a vital condition for knowledge and vision of freedom.”

2.12Paṭhamaṁ.