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

2.1“Dveme, bhikkhave, āpāyikā nerayikā idamappahāya.“Mendicants, these two are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault.2.2Katame dve?What two?2.3Yo ca abrahmacārī brahmacāripaṭiñño, yo ca paripuṇṇaṁ parisuddhaṁ brahmacariyaṁ carantaṁ amūlakena abrahmacariyena anuddhaṁseti.Someone who is unchaste, but claims to be chaste; and someone who makes a groundless accusation of unchastity against a person whose chastity is pure.2.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, dve āpāyikā nerayikā idamappahāyā”ti.These are the two who are bound for a place of loss, bound for hell, if they don’t give up this fault.”

2.5Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.2.6Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

3.1“Abhūtavādī nirayaṁ upeti,∥“A liar goes to hell,3.2Yo vāpi katvā na karomi cāha;as does one who denies what they did.3.3Ubhopi te pecca samā bhavanti,Both are equal in the hereafter,3.4Nihīnakammā manujā parattha.those men of base deeds.

4.1Kāsāvakaṇṭhā bahavo,∥Many who wear a scrap of ocher cloth¹4.2pāpadhammā asaññatā;are unrestrained and wicked.4.3Pāpā pāpehi kammehi,Being wicked, they are reborn in hell4.4nirayaṁ te upapajjare.due to their bad deeds.

5.1Seyyo ayoguḷo bhutto,∥It’d be better for the immoral and unrestrained5.2tatto aggisikhūpamo;to eat an iron ball,5.3Yañce bhuñjeyya dussīlo,scorching, like a burning flame,5.4raṭṭhapiṇḍamasaññato”ti.than to eat the nation’s alms.”

6.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

6.2Ekādasamaṁ.