Beginning With the Shameless Ahirikamūlakasutta
1 EN At Sāvatthī. “Mendicants, sentient beings join together and converge because of an element: the unconscientious with the unconscientious … imprudent … witless. The conscientious with the conscientious … prudent … wise.
PL Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati. “Dhātusova …pe… ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, anottappino anottappīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, ottappino ottappīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti …pe….
2 EN … shameless … unlearned … witless. The conscientious with the conscientious … learned … wise.
PL Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, appassutā appassutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, bahussutā bahussutehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti …pe….
3 EN … shameless … lazy … witless. The conscientious with the conscientious … energetic … wise.
PL Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, kusītā kusītehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, āraddhavīriyā āraddhavīriyehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti …pe….
4 EN … shameless … unmindful … witless. The conscientious with the conscientious … mindful … wise.”
PL Ahirikā ahirikehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, muṭṭhassatino muṭṭhassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, duppaññā duppaññehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti; hirimanā hirimanehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, upaṭṭhitassatino upaṭṭhitassatīhi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samenti, paññavanto paññavantehi saddhiṁ saṁsandanti samentī”ti …pe….
Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.
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