Ttiyavagga

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 394

[394] "And how, great king, is a person dark and heading to darkness? Here, great king, a certain person is reborn into a low family — into a family of caṇḍālas (outcastes), or into a family of bamboo-workers, or into a family of hunters, or into a family of cartwrights, or into a family of scavengers (pukkusa) — one that is poor, with little food, drink, and sustenance, of wretched subsistence, where food and clothing are obtained with hardship. And he is ugly, unsightly, deformed, chronically ill — blind, or crippled in hand, or lame, or paralyzed. He is no gainer of food, clothing, or vehicles; of garlands, scents, and unguents; of bedding, lodging, and lamps. He engages in misconduct by body, he engages in misconduct by speech, he engages in misconduct by mind. Having engaged in misconduct by body, having engaged in misconduct by speech, having engaged in misconduct by mind, with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in a state of deprivation, a bad destination, perdition, hell. Just as, great king, a man might go from darkness to darkness, or from gloom to gloom, or from bloodstain to bloodstain — even so, great king, do I declare this person to be. It is in this way, great king, that a person is dark and heading to darkness."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.