[605] This is what the Blessed One said. Having said this, the Fortunate One (sugata), the Teacher, further said this:
"For when a person is born,
an axe (kuṭhārī) is born in his mouth,
with which the fool cuts himself,
uttering ill-spoken words.
Whoever praises one deserving blame,
or blames one deserving praise,
gathers up with his mouth an unlucky throw (kali);
through that unlucky throw he finds no happiness.
Trifling is this unlucky throw —
the loss of one's wealth at dice,
even of all one has, oneself included;
this alone is the far greater unlucky throw:
that one should corrupt one's mind
against the fortunate ones.
For a hundred thousand nirabbudas,
and thirty-six besides, and five abbudas —
for so long the reviler of the noble ones goes to hell,
having directed evil speech and mind against them."
The First Chapter (vagga).
[Siam-edition apparatus footnote #1: M(aramma ed.) reads "padume pana bhikkhu niraye"; Yu(ropean ed.) "padumake …" — a variant note on the Paduma-hell passage.]
The summary thereof (uddāna):
The Request (Āyācana), Reverence (Gārava), Brahmadeva,
and Baka the Brahmā, and Another View (aparā diṭṭhi),
Heedlessness (Pamāda), Kokālika, and Tissaka,
and Tudu the Brahmā, and another Kokālika.
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The Second Chapter, the second
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First: the Sanaṅkumāra Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.