[395] "And how, great king, is a person one who is dark yet destined for light (tamo jotiparāyano)? Here, great king, a certain person is reborn into a low family — into a family of caṇḍālas, or a family of bamboo-workers, or a family of hunters, or a family of cartwrights, or a family of scavengers (pukkusa) — one that is poor, short of food and drink, subsisting with hardship, where food and covering are obtained with difficulty. And he is ugly, unsightly, dwarfish, much afflicted with illness — blind, or crippled, or lame, or paralyzed — and he is no gainer of food, drink, clothing, or vehicles; of garlands, scents, and unguents; of beds, dwellings, and lamps. He practices good conduct with the body, he practices good conduct with speech, he practices good conduct with the mind. Having practiced good conduct with the body, having practiced good conduct with speech, having practiced good conduct with the mind, with the breakup of the body, after death, he is reborn in a good destination, in a heavenly world. Just as, great king, a man might climb from the ground onto a palanquin, or from the palanquin onto horseback, or from horseback onto an elephant's shoulder, or from the elephant's shoulder onto a mansion — of just such a kind, great king, do I declare this person to be. It is in this way, great king, that a person is one who is dark yet destined for light."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.