1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa, bhikkhave, purisapuggalassa nāhaṁ tassa kiñci pāpakammaṁ akaraṇīyanti vadāmi.“Mendicants, for an individual person who transgresses in one thing, there is no bad deed they would not do, I say.2.2Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?What one thing?2.3Yadidaṁ, bhikkhave, sampajānamusāvādo”ti.It is this: telling a deliberate lie.”

2.4Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.5Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Ekadhammaṁ atītassa,∥“When a personage, spurning the hereafter,3.2musāvādissa jantuno;transgresses in just one thing—3.3Vitiṇṇaparalokassa,lying—3.4natthi pāpaṁ akāriyan”ti.there is no evil they would not do.”

4.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

4.2Pañcamaṁ.