[289] "Bhikkhus, suppose a man were being carried along by the current of a river that seemed agreeable and pleasant. A clear-sighted man standing on the bank, seeing him, would say: 'Good man, although you are being carried along by a river current that seems agreeable and pleasant, there is, lower down from here, a lake with waves, with whirlpools, with fierce creatures and with demons, and on reaching that lake, good man, you will come to death or to suffering (dukkha) tantamount to death.' Then, bhikkhus, having heard that man's voice, the man would strive against the stream with his hands and feet. Bhikkhus, this simile has been made by me for the purpose of conveying a meaning, and this here is the meaning: 'The current of the river,' bhikkhus, is a designation for craving (taṇhā). 'Agreeable and pleasant (piyarūpa-sātarūpa)' is, bhikkhus, a designation for the six internal sense bases (āyatana). 'The lake lower down' is, bhikkhus, a designation for the five lower fetters (orambhāgiya-saṃyojana). 'With waves' is, bhikkhus, a designation for anger and despair (kodhupāyāsa). 'With whirlpools' is, bhikkhus, a designation for the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa). 'With fierce creatures and with demons' is, bhikkhus, a designation for women (mātugāma). 'Against the stream' is, bhikkhus, a designation for renunciation (nekkhamma). 'Striving with hands and feet' is, bhikkhus, a designation for the arousing of energy (vīriyārambha). 'The clear-sighted man standing on the bank' is, bhikkhus, a designation for the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One (sammāsambuddha)."
Even with suffering one should abandon sensual pleasures (kāma),
aspiring to future security from bondage (yogakkhema);
clearly comprehending (sammappajāno), his mind (citta) well liberated,
let him touch liberation (vimutti) now here, now there.
He, a master of knowledge (vedagū) who has lived the holy life (brahmacariya),
gone to the end of the world, is called "one gone beyond."
The tenth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.