[471] "Good, good, great king! It is good, great king, that you think thus, and it is good that you have heard this from the arahants (arahant). What do you think, great king? Suppose there were here a brahmin (brāhmaṇa) … suppose there were here a merchant (vessa) … suppose there were here a menial (sudda) who kills living beings, takes what is not given, … and holds wrong view. With the breakup of the body, after death, would he be reborn in a state of deprivation (apāya), a bad destination, the lower world, hell — or not? Or how do you see this matter?"
"Even a menial, worthy Kaccāna, who kills living beings, takes what is not given, … and holds wrong view would, with the breakup of the body, after death, be reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, the lower world, hell. So do I think in this matter; and so too have I heard this from the arahants."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.