[555] Asked by him, Mātali the charioteer of the devas answered;
knowing the result (vipāka) of evil deeds, he declared it to one who knew not:
"Those in the world of the living who are doers of wicked deeds,
who make their living by taking what is not given —
grain, wealth, silver, gold,
and goats and sheep too, livestock and buffalo —
they, of cruel deeds, having engendered evil:
these are the people who lie struck down by spears."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.