Kāmasuttaniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 23

[23] **"Thereupon suffering follows him" (tato naṃ dukkhamanveti)** means: from this and that peril, suffering (dukkha) follows that person, pursues him, attends upon him. The suffering of birth follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of aging follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of illness follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of death follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of hell, the suffering of the animal realm, the suffering of the realm of hungry ghosts follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; human suffering — the suffering rooted in descent into the womb, the suffering rooted in remaining in the womb, the suffering rooted in emerging from the womb, the suffering bound up with the one who is born, the suffering of the one who is born being subject to others, the suffering arising from one's own exertion, the suffering arising from the exertion of others — follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of pain (dukkhadukkha) follows him, pursues him, attends upon him; the suffering of formations (saṅkhāradukkha), the suffering of change (vipariṇāmadukkha); disease of the eye, disease of the ear, disease of the nose, disease of the tongue, disease of the body, disease of the head, disease of the outer ear, disease of the mouth, disease of the teeth, cough, asthma, catarrh, burning fever, fever, stomach disease, fainting, dysentery, colic, cholera, leprosy, boils, eczema, consumption, epilepsy, ringworm, itch, scabs, rakhasā-pox, scabies, blood-disease, bile-disease, diabetes, piles, pustules, fistula; afflictions originating from bile, afflictions originating from phlegm, afflictions originating from wind, afflictions arising from their combination, afflictions born of change of season, afflictions born of careless behavior, afflictions born of assault, afflictions born of the ripening of kamma; cold, heat, hunger, thirst, defecation, urination; the suffering of contact with gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping creatures; the suffering of the death of a mother, the suffering of the death of a father, the suffering of the death of a brother, the suffering of the death of a sister, the suffering of the death of a son, the suffering of the death of a daughter; the suffering of the loss of relatives, the suffering of the loss of wealth, the suffering of loss through illness, the suffering of the loss of virtue, the suffering of the loss of view — all this follows him, pursues him, attends upon him. Hence, "thereupon suffering follows him."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.