[591] "Certainly, headman, I did not obtain it from you when I said: 'Enough, headman, let this be; do not ask me that.' Nevertheless, I shall answer you. Formerly, headman, beings were not devoid of lust (rāga), bound by the bond of lust; and for them a dancer, in the midst of the stage, in the midst of the festival, presents things that provoke lust, conducing to still greater lust. Formerly, headman, beings were not devoid of hatred, bound by the bond of hatred; and for them a dancer, in the midst of the stage, in the midst of the festival, presents things that provoke hatred, conducing to still greater hatred. Formerly, headman, beings were not devoid of delusion, bound by the bond of delusion; and for them a dancer, in the midst of the stage, in the midst of the festival, presents things that provoke delusion, conducing to still greater delusion. He himself, intoxicated and heedless, established in heedlessness, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in the hell (niraya) named Pahāsa ['Laughter']. But if he holds such a view as this: 'That dancer who, in the midst of the stage, in the midst of the festival, makes people laugh and delights them with what is true and what is false — he, with the breaking up of the body, after death, is reborn in companionship with the laughing devas (pahāsānaṃ devānaṃ)' — that is wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) on his part. And for a person of wrong view, headman, I declare one of two destinations: hell or the animal womb."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.