[174] "Well then, householder's son, listen and attend carefully; I shall speak." "Yes, venerable sir," Siṅgālaka the householder's son replied to the Blessed One. The Blessed One said this: "Inasmuch, householder's son, as the four defilements of action (kammakkilesa) have been abandoned by a noble disciple, as he does no evil deed on the four grounds, and as he does not pursue the six channels for the dissipation of wealth (apāyamukha), he, thus removed from these fourteen evils, is one who covers the six directions; he is one practising for the conquest of both worlds, and by him both this world and the world beyond are won. With the breaking up of the body, after death, he is reborn in a good destination, a heavenly world.
Which four defilements of action have been abandoned by him? The destruction of life (pāṇātipāta), householder's son, is a defilement of action; taking what is not given (adinnādāna) is a defilement of action; misconduct in sensual pleasures (kāmesu micchācāra) is a defilement of action; false speech (musāvāda) is a defilement of action. These are the four defilements of action that have been abandoned by him."
This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One (Sugata), the Teacher, further said this:
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.