[193] "And what, bhikkhus, is the danger of whirlpools (āvaṭṭabhaya)? Here, bhikkhus, a certain clansman (kulaputta) has gone forth out of faith from the household life into homelessness, thinking: 'I am immersed in birth, aging, death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair; I am immersed in suffering (dukkha), overwhelmed by suffering. Perhaps an ending of this whole mass of suffering might be discerned.' When he has thus gone forth, in the morning he dresses and, taking his bowl and robe, enters a village or town for alms with body unguarded, with speech unguarded, with mindfulness unestablished, and with sense faculties unrestrained. There he sees a householder or a householder's son furnished and endowed with the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa), enjoying himself with them. He thinks thus: 'Formerly, when we were householders, we were furnished and endowed with the five cords of sensual pleasure and enjoyed ourselves with them. There is wealth in my family; it is possible both to enjoy that wealth and to make merit.' Having given up the training, he returns to the lower life. This, bhikkhus, is called one who, afraid of the danger of whirlpools, has given up the training and returned to the lower life. 'The danger of whirlpools,' bhikkhus, is a designation for the five cords of sensual pleasure."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.