[321] "Well then, chieftain, I shall give you a simile; for by means of a simile some sensible people here understand the meaning of what is said. Once upon a time, chieftain, a certain swineherd went from his own village to another village. There he saw a great heap of dry dung that had been discarded. Seeing it, he thought: 'This great heap of dry dung that has been discarded is food for my pigs. Why don't I carry the dry dung away from here?' So he spread out his upper garment, shoveled a great quantity of dry dung onto it, tied it up into a bundle, lifted it onto his head, and went on his way. While he was on the road, a great storm out of season poured down. Smeared with oozing, dripping dung down to the very tips of his fingernails, he went on carrying his load of dung. When people saw him, they said: 'Are you mad, man? Have you lost your mind? For how can you, smeared with oozing, dripping dung down to the very tips of your fingernails, go on carrying that load of dung?' 'It is you who are mad here, sirs! It is you who have lost your minds! For this, indeed, is food for my pigs.' In the same way, chieftain, you seem to me like the man carrying the load of dung in the simile. Let go, chieftain, of that evil view! Let go, chieftain, of that evil view! Let it not be for your lasting harm and suffering!"
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.