[277] Then the Blessed One, knowing that the bhikkhu Ariṭṭha, formerly a vulture trapper, was sitting silent, dismayed, with shoulders drooping and head down, brooding and at a loss for words, said to the bhikkhu Ariṭṭha, formerly a vulture trapper: "You will be known, futile man, by this evil view of your own. Here I shall question the bhikkhus."
Then the Blessed One addressed the bhikkhus: "Bhikkhus, do you too understand the Dhamma taught by me in the way this bhikkhu Ariṭṭha, formerly a vulture trapper, does — who, by his own wrong grasp, both misrepresents us, digs up (harms) himself, and generates much demerit?"
"No indeed, venerable sir. For in many ways, venerable sir, obstructive things (antarāyikā dhammā) have been declared by the Blessed One, and they are truly capable of obstructing one who engages in them. Sensual pleasures have been declared by the Blessed One to give little gratification, much suffering (dukkha), and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater. With the simile of a skeleton, sensual pleasures have been declared by the Blessed One to give much suffering and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater … with the simile of a snake's head, sensual pleasures have been declared by the Blessed One to give much suffering and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater."
"Good, bhikkhus, that you understand the Dhamma taught by me thus. For in many ways, bhikkhus, obstructive things have been declared by me, and they are truly capable of obstructing one who engages in them. Sensual pleasures have been declared by me to give little gratification, much suffering, and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater. With the simile of a skeleton, sensual pleasures have been declared by me to give much suffering and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater … with the simile of a snake's head, sensual pleasures have been declared by me to give much suffering and much despair, and the danger in them is still greater. And yet this bhikkhu Ariṭṭha, formerly a vulture trapper, by his own wrong grasp, both misrepresents us, digs up (harms) himself, and generates much demerit. That will be for that futile man's harm and suffering for a long time. Indeed, bhikkhus, that one could engage in sensual pleasures apart from sensual pleasures, apart from sensual perceptions, apart from sensual thoughts — that is impossible."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.