[549] Then Anāthapiṇḍika the householder approached the Blessed One; having approached, he paid homage to the Blessed One and sat down at one side. As Anāthapiṇḍika the householder was sitting at one side, the Blessed One said this to him:
"Householder, when the mind (citta) is unprotected, bodily action (kāyakamma) is also unprotected, verbal action (vacīkamma) is also unprotected, and mental action (manokamma) is also unprotected. For one whose bodily action is unprotected, whose verbal action is unprotected, and whose mental action is unprotected, bodily action also becomes sodden (avassuta), verbal action also becomes sodden, and mental action also becomes sodden. For one whose bodily action is sodden, whose verbal action is sodden, and whose mental action is sodden, bodily action also becomes rotten, verbal action also becomes rotten, and mental action also becomes rotten. For one whose bodily action is rotten, whose verbal action is rotten, and whose mental action is rotten, death is not good, the passing away is not fortunate.
"Just as, householder, when a peaked house is badly thatched, the peak is also unprotected, the rafters are also unprotected, and the walls are also unprotected; the peak also becomes sodden, the rafters also become sodden, and the walls also become sodden; the peak also becomes rotten, the rafters also become rotten, and the walls also become rotten — even so, householder, when the mind is unprotected … death is not good, the passing away is not fortunate.
"Householder, when the mind is protected, bodily action is also protected, verbal action is also protected, and mental action is also protected. For one whose bodily action is protected, whose verbal action is protected, and whose mental action is protected, bodily action also does not become sodden, verbal action also does not become sodden, and mental action also does not become sodden. For one whose bodily action is not sodden, whose verbal action is not sodden, and whose mental action is not sodden, bodily action also does not become rotten, verbal action also does not become rotten, and mental action also does not become rotten. For one whose bodily action is not rotten, whose verbal action is not rotten, and whose mental action is not rotten, death is good, the passing away is fortunate.
"Just as, householder, when a peaked house is well thatched, the peak is also protected, the rafters are also protected, and the walls are also protected; the peak also does not become sodden, the rafters also do not become sodden, and the walls also do not become sodden; the peak also does not become rotten, the rafters also do not become rotten, and the walls also do not become rotten — even so, householder, when the mind is protected … death is good, the passing away is fortunate."
[The Kūṭa Sutta, the Second]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.