Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“‘Bhayan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
“Mendicants, ‘danger’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
‘Dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Suffering’,
‘Rogo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘disease’,
‘Gaṇḍo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘boil’,
‘Sallan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘dart’,
‘Saṅgo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘chain’,
‘Paṅko’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘bog’,
‘Gabbho’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
and ‘womb’ are terms for sensual pleasures.
Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ?
And why is ‘danger’ a term for sensual pleasures?
Yasmā ca kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
Someone who is besotted by sensual greed and shackled by lustful desire is not freed from dangers in this life or in lives to come. That is why ‘danger’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, ‘dukkhan’ti …pe…
And why are ‘suffering’,
‘rogo’ti …
‘disease’,
‘gaṇḍo’ti …
‘boil’,
‘sallan’ti …
‘dart’,
‘saṅgo’ti …
‘chain’,
‘paṅko’ti …
‘bog’,
‘gabbho’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ?
and ‘womb’ terms for sensual pleasures?
Yasmā ca kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpi gabbhā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpi gabbhā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘gabbho’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
Someone who is besotted by sensual greed and shackled by lustful desire is not freed from wombs in this life or in lives to come. That is why ‘womb’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
Bhayaṁ dukkhañca rogo ca,
Danger, suffering, and disease,
gaṇḍo sallañca saṅgo ca;
boil, dart, and chain,
Paṅko gabbho ca ubhayaṁ,
and bogs and wombs both.
ete kāmā pavuccanti;
These describe the sensual pleasures
Yattha satto puthujjano.
to which ordinary people are attached.
Otiṇṇo sātarūpena,
Swamped by things that seem pleasant,
puna gabbhāya gacchati;
you go to another womb.
Yato ca bhikkhu ātāpī,
But when a mendicant is keen,
sampajaññaṁ na riccati.
and doesn’t forget awareness,
So imaṁ palipathaṁ duggaṁ,
in this way that sort transcend
atikkamma tathāvidho;
this grueling swamp.
Pajaṁ jātijarūpetaṁ,
They watch this population flounder,
phandamānaṁ avekkhatī”ti.
fallen into rebirth and old age.”
Chaṭṭhaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Mendicants, ‘danger’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
‘Suffering’,
‘disease’,
‘boil’,
‘dart’,
‘chain’,
‘bog’,
and ‘womb’ are terms for sensual pleasures.
And why is ‘danger’ a term for sensual pleasures?
Someone who is besotted by sensual greed and shackled by lustful desire is not freed from dangers in this life or in lives to come. That is why ‘danger’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
And why are ‘suffering’,
‘disease’,
‘boil’,
‘dart’,
‘chain’,
‘bog’,
and ‘womb’ terms for sensual pleasures?
Someone who is besotted by sensual greed and shackled by lustful desire is not freed from wombs in this life or in lives to come. That is why ‘womb’ is a term for sensual pleasures.
Danger, suffering, and disease,
boil, dart, and chain,
and bogs and wombs both.
These describe the sensual pleasures
to which ordinary people are attached.
Swamped by things that seem pleasant,
you go to another womb.
But when a mendicant is keen,
and doesn’t forget awareness,
in this way that sort transcend
this grueling swamp.
They watch this population flounder,
fallen into rebirth and old age.”
“‘Bhayan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Rogo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Gaṇḍo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Sallan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Saṅgo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Paṅko’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
‘Gabbho’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ?
Yasmā ca kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, ‘dukkhan’ti …pe…
‘rogo’ti …
‘gaṇḍo’ti …
‘sallan’ti …
‘saṅgo’ti …
‘paṅko’ti …
‘gabbho’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ?
Yasmā ca kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpi gabbhā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpi gabbhā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘gabbho’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.
Bhayaṁ dukkhañca rogo ca,
gaṇḍo sallañca saṅgo ca;
Paṅko gabbho ca ubhayaṁ,
ete kāmā pavuccanti;
Yattha satto puthujjano.
Otiṇṇo sātarūpena,
puna gabbhāya gacchati;
Yato ca bhikkhu ātāpī,
sampajaññaṁ na riccati.
So imaṁ palipathaṁ duggaṁ,
atikkamma tathāvidho;
Pajaṁ jātijarūpetaṁ,
phandamānaṁ avekkhatī”ti.
Chaṭṭhaṁ.