[470] Again, bhikkhus, a fool sees that kings, having seized a bandit, an offender, subject him to various punishments: they have him flogged with whips, beaten with canes, beaten with short cudgels; they have his hand cut off, his foot cut off, both hand and foot cut off; his ear cut off, his nose cut off, both ear and nose cut off; they have him subjected to the 'porridge pot', the 'polished-shell shave', the 'Rāhu's mouth', the 'garland of fire', the 'flaming hand', the 'bulrush twist', the 'bark dress', the 'antelope', the 'meat hooks', the 'coins', the 'caustic pickling', the 'pivoting bar', the 'straw mat'; they have him doused with boiling oil, devoured by dogs, impaled alive on a stake, and his head cut off with a sword.
Thereupon, bhikkhus, it occurs to the fool: 'On account of such evil deeds as these, kings, having seized a bandit, an offender, subject him to various punishments: they flog him with whips … and cut off his head with a sword. Now those things are found in me, and I am seen engaging in those things. If the kings should come to know me, they would seize me too and subject me to various punishments: they would flog me with whips … impale me alive on a stake, and cut off my head with a sword.' This too, bhikkhus, is the second kind of suffering (dukkha) and grief that a fool experiences in this very life.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.