[351] "Bhikkhus, suppose a sheaf of barley were set down at a great crossroads. Then six men would come along with flails in hand, and they would strike that sheaf of barley with the six flails. Thus, bhikkhus, that sheaf of barley would be well struck, being beaten by the six flails. Then a seventh man would come along with flail in hand, and he would strike that sheaf of barley with the seventh flail. Thus, bhikkhus, that sheaf of barley would be struck even more thoroughly, being beaten by the seventh flail.
"Just so, bhikkhus, the uninstructed worldling is struck in the eye by agreeable and disagreeable forms … is struck in the tongue by agreeable and disagreeable tastes … is struck in the mind by agreeable and disagreeable dhammas. If, bhikkhus, that uninstructed worldling intends toward future renewed existence, then, bhikkhus, that foolish man is struck even more thoroughly still — just as that sheaf of barley being struck by the seventh flail."
The eleventh.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.