1.1PTS 5.244Sāvatthinidānaṁ.At Sāvatthī.

1.2Tatra kho bhagavā etadavoca:There the Buddha said:

1.3“cattārome, bhikkhave, sammappadhānā.“Mendicants, there are these four right efforts.¹1.4Katame cattāro?What four?

1.5Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.It’s when a mendicant generates enthusiasm, tries, makes an effort, exerts the mind, and strives so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.²

1.6Uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up.

1.7Anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise.

1.8Uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.1.9Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro sammappadhānāti.These are the four right efforts.

2.1PTS 5.245Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, gaṅgā nadī pācīnaninnā pācīnapoṇā pācīnapabbhārā;The Ganges River slants, slopes, and inclines to the east.2.2evameva kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro sammappadhāne bhāvento cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro.In the same way, a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four right efforts slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.

2.3Kathañca, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro sammappadhāne bhāvento cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro?And how does a mendicant who develops the four right efforts slant, slope, and incline to extinguishment?

2.4Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities don’t arise.

2.5Uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ pahānāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that bad, unskillful qualities that have arisen are given up.

2.6Anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities arise.

2.7Uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā asammosāya bhiyyobhāvāya vepullāya bhāvanāya pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti vāyamati vīriyaṁ ārabhati cittaṁ paggaṇhāti padahati.They generate enthusiasm, try, make an effort, exert the mind, and strive so that skillful qualities that have arisen remain, are not lost, but increase, mature, and are fully developed.

2.8Evaṁ kho, bhikkhave, bhikkhu cattāro sammappadhāne bhāvento cattāro sammappadhāne bahulīkaronto nibbānaninno hoti nibbānapoṇo nibbānapabbhāro”ti.That’s how a mendicant who develops and cultivates the four right efforts slants, slopes, and inclines to extinguishment.”

2.9Dvādasamaṁ.

2.10Gaṅgāpeyyālavaggo paṭhamo.

3.1(Sammappadhānasaṁyuttassa gaṅgāpeyyālī sammappadhānavasena vitthāretabbā.)(Tell in full as in <a href='https://suttacentral.net/sn45.92'>SN 45.92</a>–102.)

4.0Tassuddānaṁ

4.1Cha pācīnato ninnā,Six on slanting to the east,4.2cha ninnā ca samuddato;and six on slanting to the ocean;4.3Dvete cha dvādasa honti,these two sixes make twelve,4.4vaggo tena pavuccatīti.and that’s how this chapter is recited.