[411] "Suppose, Bhūmija, a person in need of milk, seeking milk, wandering in search of milk, were to pull the horn of a cow with a young calf. Even if he made a wish and pulled the horn of the cow with a young calf, he would be incapable of obtaining milk; even if he made no wish and … ; even if he neither made a wish nor made no wish and pulled the horn of the cow with a young calf, he would be incapable of obtaining milk. Why is that? Because, Bhūmija, that is an irrational way of obtaining milk. In just the same way, Bhūmija, whatever ascetics or brahmins have wrong view … wrong concentration (samādhi): even if they make a wish and lead the holy life (brahmacariya), they are incapable of attaining the fruit; even if they make no wish and … ; even if they both make a wish and make no wish and … ; even if they neither make a wish nor make no wish and lead the holy life, they are incapable of attaining the fruit. Why is that? Because, Bhūmija, that is an irrational way of attaining the fruit."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.