[2128] When downfall (parābhava) comes to a person at the exhaustion of his life,
then, even having run into net and snare, he does not wake up to them.
[Variant readings — page footnotes of the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ Ma. (Burmese ed.): "kasivāṇijjā". ² Sī. (Sinhalese ed.), Yu. (European/PTS ed.): "akarā punanti". ³ Ma.: "Cūḷahaṃsajātakaṃ" (the Burmese edition titles the section "Cūḷahaṃsa-jātaka"). ⁴ Ma.: "vimaṃsamānohaṃ". ⁵ Sī., Yu.: "pavaruttamo".]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.