Hell

Nirayasutta

Hell

Nirayasutta

EN
“Mendicants, someone with four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What four? They kill living creatures, steal, commit sexual misconduct, and lie. Someone with these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.
PL
“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi catūhi? Pāṇātipātī hoti, adinnādāyī hoti, kāmesumicchācārī hoti, musāvādī hoti— imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ nirayeti.
EN
Killing, stealing, telling lies, and visiting others’ wives: astute people don’t praise these things.”
PL
Pāṇātipāto adinnādānaṁ, Musāvādo ca vuccati; Paradāragamanañcāpi, Nappasaṁsanti paṇḍitā”ti.
PL
Catutthaṁ.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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