[462] Bhikkhus, these three persons are found existing in the world. Which three? Here, bhikkhus, a certain person generates an afflictive bodily formation (kāyasaṅkhāra), generates an afflictive verbal formation (vacīsaṅkhāra), generates an afflictive mental formation (manosaṅkhāra). Having generated an afflictive bodily formation, having generated an afflictive verbal formation, having generated an afflictive mental formation, he is reborn in an afflictive world. When he has been reborn in an afflictive world, afflictive contacts (phassa) touch him. Being touched by afflictive contacts, he experiences an afflictive feeling (vedanā), exclusively painful, like that of the beings in hell.
But here, bhikkhus, a certain person generates an unafflictive bodily formation, generates an unafflictive verbal formation, generates an unafflictive mental formation. Having generated an unafflictive bodily formation, having generated an unafflictive verbal formation, having generated an unafflictive mental formation, he is reborn in an unafflictive world. When he has been reborn in an unafflictive world, unafflictive contacts touch him. Being touched by unafflictive contacts, he experiences an unafflictive feeling, exclusively pleasant, like that of the Subhakiṇha devas.
And here, bhikkhus, a certain person generates a bodily formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive, generates a verbal formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive, generates a mental formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive. Having generated a bodily formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive, having generated a verbal formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive, having generated a mental formation that is both afflictive and unafflictive, he is reborn in a world that is both afflictive and unafflictive. When he has been reborn in a world that is both afflictive and unafflictive, contacts both afflictive and unafflictive touch him. Being touched by contacts both afflictive and unafflictive, he experiences a feeling that is both afflictive and unafflictive, mingled pleasure and pain, like that of human beings, some devas, and some beings in states of loss.
These, bhikkhus, are the three persons found existing in the world.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.