[740] **And he should not tremble at terrors (bheravesu ca na sampavedheyya).** "Terrors (bherava)": in one way, fear (bhaya) and terror are just the same thing. For this was said by the Blessed One: "Surely this is that fear and terror coming." That [terror] is spoken of as having an external object: lions, tigers, leopards, bears, hyenas, wolves, cattle and buffaloes, elephants, snakes, scorpions, centipedes; or robbers, or ruffians who have done their deed or have not yet done it. Then, in another way, fear is spoken of as internal, originating in the mind (citta): fear, fearfulness, alarm, horripilation, agitation of mind, fright; fear of birth, fear of aging, fear of illness, fear of death, fear of kings, fear of robbers, fear of fire, fear of water, fear of self-reproach, fear of reproach by others, fear of punishment, fear of a bad destination; fear of waves, fear of crocodiles, fear of whirlpools, fear of fierce fish; fear regarding livelihood, fear of disrepute, fear of timidity in assemblies — fearfulness, alarm, horripilation, agitation of mind, fright [this is called fear].
"And he should not tremble at terrors": having seen or having heard terrors, he should not tremble, not shake, not tremble violently; he should not be frightened, not be terrified, not be alarmed; he should not fear, should not fall into terror; he should be unafraid, unalarmed, not terrified, not one who flees; having abandoned fear and terror, rid of horripilation, he should dwell. Therefore, "and he should not tremble at terrors." Hence the Blessed One said:
When touched by contact (phassa), a bhikkhu
should not lament anywhere,
should not hanker after existence (bhava),
and should not tremble at terrors.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.