[53] **"Base men wail in the mouth of Death"** (hīnā narā maccumukhe lapanti): **"Base men"** — being endowed with base bodily action (kāyakamma), they are base; being endowed with base verbal action (vacīkamma), they are base; being endowed with base mental action (manokamma), they are base; being endowed with base destruction of life (pāṇātipāta), they are base; with base taking of what is not given (adinnādāna) …; with base sexual misconduct (kāmesumicchācāra) …; with base false speech (musāvāda) …; with base divisive speech (pisuṇā vācā) …; with base harsh speech (pharusā vācā) …; with base frivolous talk (samphappalāpa) …; with base covetousness (abhijjhā) …; with base ill will (byāpāda) …; with base wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi) …; with base volitional formations (saṅkhārā) …; with the base five strands of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa) …; with the base five hindrances (nīvaraṇa) …; with base volition (cetanā) …; with base wishing (patthanā) …; being endowed with base aspiration (paṇidhi), they are base — inferior, low, mean, vile, insignificant. Thus, "base men."
**"They wail in the mouth of Death"**: in the mouth of Death (maccu), in the mouth of Māra, in the mouth of Dying (maraṇa) — having reached Death, having met with Death, having come up to Death; having reached Māra, having met with Māra, having come up to Māra; having reached Dying, having met with Dying, having come up to Dying — they wail, they lament, they sorrow, they are wearied, they cry out, beating their breasts they weep, they fall into confusion. Thus, "base men wail in the mouth of Death."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.