[285] "Māgaṇḍiya, suppose a leper, his limbs covered with sores, his body festering, being devoured by worms, scratching open the mouths of his wounds with his nails, were to scorch his body over a pit of glowing coals. Māgaṇḍiya, in whatever way that leper, his limbs covered with sores, his body festering, being devoured by worms, scratching open the mouths of his wounds with his nails, scorches his body over a pit of glowing coals, in that very way those wound-openings of his become still more impure, more foul-smelling, and more putrid; and yet there is a certain measure of pleasure, a certain measure of gratification — namely, with regard to the wound-openings — on account of the itching of the wounds. Even so, Māgaṇḍiya, beings who are not free from lust for sensual pleasures, being devoured by cravings (taṇhā) for sensual pleasures, being burned by the fever of sensual pleasures, indulge in sensual pleasures. In whatever way, Māgaṇḍiya, beings who are not free from lust for sensual pleasures, being devoured by cravings for sensual pleasures, being burned by the fever of sensual pleasures, indulge in sensual pleasures, in that very way the craving for sensual pleasures of those beings only increases, and they are only burned the more by the fever of sensual pleasures; and yet there is a certain measure of pleasure, a certain measure of gratification — namely, in dependence upon the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa)."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.