[196] Then it occurred to the Blessed One: "Why should I not question those very sons of good family (kulaputta)?" Then the Blessed One addressed the Venerable Anuruddha: "Anuruddhas, I trust that you delight in the holy life (brahmacariya)?"
"Assuredly, venerable sir, we delight in the holy life."
"Good, good, Anuruddhas! This is fitting for you, sons of good family who have gone forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness — that you should delight in the holy life. Since you, Anuruddhas, endowed with the blessing of youth, in the first stage of life, with jet-black hair, might have enjoyed sensual pleasures, yet you, Anuruddhas, endowed with the blessing of youth, in the first stage of life, with jet-black hair, have gone forth from the home life into homelessness. And you, Anuruddhas, did not go forth from the home life into homelessness compelled by a king; you did not go forth from the home life into homelessness compelled by robbers; you did not go forth from the home life into homelessness oppressed by debt; you did not go forth from the home life into homelessness oppressed by fear; you did not go forth from the home life into homelessness ruined in your livelihood. Rather, did you not go forth out of faith from the home life into homelessness thinking thus: 'I am beset by birth, aging, death, by sorrows, lamentations, pains, griefs, and despairs; I am beset by suffering (dukkha), overwhelmed by suffering. Perhaps the making of an end of this whole mass of suffering might be discerned'?"
"So it is, venerable sir."
"But, Anuruddhas, what should be done by a son of good family who has thus gone forth? Anuruddhas, while one does not attain the rapture and happiness that are secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome dhammas, or something more peaceful than that, then covetousness invades his mind (citta) and remains; ill will invades his mind and remains; dullness and drowsiness invade his mind and remain; restlessness and remorse invade his mind and remain; doubt invades his mind and remains; discontent (arati) invades his mind and remains; sloth (tandī) invades his mind and remains — such a one does not attain the rapture and happiness that are secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome dhammas, or something more peaceful than that. Anuruddhas, when one attains the rapture and happiness that are secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome dhammas, or something more peaceful than that, then covetousness does not invade his mind and remain; ill will does not invade his mind and remain; dullness and drowsiness do not invade his mind and remain; restlessness and remorse do not invade his mind and remain; doubt does not invade his mind and remain; discontent does not invade his mind and remain; sloth does not invade his mind and remain — such a one attains the rapture and happiness that are secluded from sensual pleasures, secluded from unwholesome dhammas, or something more peaceful than that.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.