1.1PTS 2.232Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.At Sāvatthī.

1.2“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… adhigamāya.“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …

1.3Idhāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi sakkārena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.Take a case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

1.4Idha panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi asakkārena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.Take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

1.5Idha panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi sakkārena ca asakkārena ca tadubhayena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.And take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by both honor and lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.

1.6Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”1.7evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban”ti.

2.1Idamavoca bhagavā.That is what the Buddha said.2.2Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:

3.1“Yassa sakkariyamānassa,“Whether they’re honored3.2asakkārena cūbhayaṁ;or not honored, or both,3.3Samādhi na vikampati,their immersion doesn’t waver3.4appamāṇavihārino.as they abide in the immeasurables.

4.1Taṁ jhāyinaṁ sātatikaṁ,They persistently meditate4.2sukhumaṁ diṭṭhivipassakaṁ;with subtle view and discernment.4.3Upādānakkhayārāmaṁ,Rejoicing in the ending of grasping,4.4āhu sappuriso itī”ti.they’re said to be a true person.”

4.5Dasamaṁ.

4.6Paṭhamo vaggo.

5.0Tassuddānaṁ

5.1Dāruṇo baḷisaṁ kummaṁ,5.2dīghalomi ca mīḷhakaṁ;5.3Asani diddhaṁ siṅgālaṁ,5.4verambhena sagāthakanti.