[533] "Kassapa, the earth element (pathavī-dhātu) does not make the true Dhamma (saddhamma) disappear; the water element (āpo-dhātu) does not make the true Dhamma disappear; the fire element (tejo-dhātu) does not make the true Dhamma disappear; the wind element (vāyo-dhātu) does not make the true Dhamma disappear. Rather, it is the foolish persons (moghapurisā) who arise right here who make this true Dhamma disappear. Suppose, Kassapa, a ship were to sink all at once (ādikeneva). It is not in that way, Kassapa, that the disappearance of the true Dhamma comes about."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.