1.1“Kiṁ jīrati kiṁ na jīrati,“What ages, what does not age?1.2kiṁsu uppathoti vuccati;What’s called a deviation?1.3Kiṁsu dhammānaṁ paripantho,What’s a roadblock for skillful qualities?1.4kiṁsu rattindivakkhayo;What is ending day and night?1.5Kiṁ malaṁ brahmacariyassa,What’s the stain of celibacy?1.6kiṁ sinānamanodakaṁ.What’s the waterless bath?

2.1Kati lokasmiṁ chiddāni,How many holes are there in the world,2.2yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati;where one’s wealth leaks out?2.3Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,We’ve come to ask the worthy sir:2.4kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.how are we to understand this?”

3.1“Rūpaṁ jīrati maccānaṁ,“The physical form of mortals gets old,3.2nāmagottaṁ na jīrati;but their name and clan don’t.3.3Rāgo uppathoti vuccati.Lust is called a deviation,

4.1Lobho dhammānaṁ paripantho,and greed is a roadblock for skillful qualities.4.2Vayo rattindivakkhayo;Youth is ending day and night.4.3Itthī malaṁ brahmacariyassa,Women are the stain of chastity,4.4Etthāyaṁ sajjate pajā;to which this generation clings.4.5Tapo ca brahmacariyañca,Fervor and chastity4.6Taṁ sinānamanodakaṁ.are the waterless bath.

5.1Cha lokasmiṁ chiddāni,There are six holes in the world,5.2yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati;where one’s wealth leaks out:5.3Ālasyañca pamādo ca,laziness and negligence,5.4anuṭṭhānaṁ asaṁyamo;lack of initiative and lack of restraint,¹5.5Niddā tandī ca te chidde,sleepiness and sloth.5.6sabbaso taṁ vivajjaye”ti.You should completely get rid of these holes!”