[751] "One should not oneself associate with one who is busy and heedless (sayaṃ na seve pasutaṃ pamattaṃ)": As to "busy" (pasuta) — whoever seeks, searches for, and seeks out sensual pleasures, conducting himself therein, abounding therein, giving weight thereto, bent thereon, inclining thereto, sloping thereto, resolved thereon, and holding it as dominant — he too is one busy with sensual pleasures. Whoever by the power of craving (taṇhā) seeks forms, whoever by the power of craving obtains forms, whoever by the power of craving enjoys forms — enjoys sounds, odors, tastes, and tangibles — conducting himself therein, abounding therein, giving weight thereto, bent thereon, inclining thereto, sloping thereto, resolved thereon, and holding it as dominant — he too is one busy with sensual pleasures.
As to "heedless" (pamatta) — heedlessness (pamāda) should be spoken of. The giving free rein to the mind (citta), the repeated indulging of that free rein, whether in bodily misconduct, in verbal misconduct, in mental misconduct, or among the five cords of sensual pleasure (kāmaguṇa); or, with regard to the development of wholesome states, acting without respect, acting without perseverance, acting fitfully, slack conduct, the casting off of zeal, the casting off of the task, non-pursuit, non-development, non-cultivation, non-resolution, non-application — heedlessness of such a kind, negligence, the state of being negligent: this is called heedlessness.
"One should not oneself associate with one who is busy and heedless": one should not associate with one who is busy, and one should not associate with one who is heedless — should not frequent him, should not consort with him, should not keep company with him; should not practice, should not conduct oneself, should not, having undertaken it, carry on accordingly — therefore, "one should not oneself associate with one who is busy and heedless. One should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn." Therefore that Paccekasambuddha said:
One should avoid an evil companion,
one who does not see the goal, who is settled in the wrong course;
one should not oneself associate with one who is busy and heedless.
One should wander alone like a rhinoceros horn.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.