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

2.1“Tīṇimāni, bhikkhave, akusalamūlāni.“Mendicants, there are these three unskillful roots.2.2Katamāni tīṇi?What three?2.3Lobho akusalamūlaṁ, doso akusalamūlaṁ, moho akusalamūlaṁ—Greed, hate, and delusion.2.4imāni kho, bhikkhave, tīṇi akusalamūlānī”ti.These are the three unskillful roots.”

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

3.1“Lobho doso ca moho ca,∥“When greed, hate, and delusion,3.2purisaṁ pāpacetasaṁ;have arisen inside oneself,3.3Hiṁsanti attasambhūtā,they harm a person of wicked heart,3.4tacasāraṁva samphalan”ti.as a bamboo is destroyed by its own fruit.”

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.

4.2Paṭhamaṁ.