Pātālasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Saḷāyatanavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 18 · Section 366

[366] One who cannot endure (nādhivāseti) these arisen painful feelings (vedanā)— bodily, carrying away life— touched by which he trembles; who cries out and wails aloud, weak, of little strength: he has not risen up in the bottomless abyss (pātāla), nor has he even gained a foothold. But one who endures these arisen painful feelings— bodily, carrying away life— touched by which he does not tremble: if he has risen up in the bottomless abyss, then he has indeed gained a foothold. The Fourth.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.