[556] Bhikkhus, in the upper sky there blow winds called verambha winds. Whatever bird goes there, the verambha winds fling it about; and as it is flung about by the verambha winds, its feet go one way, its wings go another way, its head goes another way, its body goes another way. Even so, bhikkhus, here some bhikkhu, overcome by gain, honor, and fame (lābhasakkārasiloka), his mind (citta) consumed by it, having dressed in the morning and taken bowl and robe, enters a village or town for alms with body unguarded, with speech unguarded, with mind unguarded, with mindfulness unestablished, with sense faculties (indriya) unrestrained. There he sees a woman improperly dressed or improperly covered; having seen that woman improperly dressed or improperly covered, lust (rāga) corrupts his mind. With his mind corrupted by lust, he gives up the training and reverts to the lower life. Others take his robe, others take his bowl, others take his sitting cloth, others take his needle case — just like the bird flung about by the verambha winds. So brutal, bhikkhus, is gain, honor, and fame … Thus indeed, bhikkhus, should you train yourselves.
The Ninth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.