With VersesSagāthakasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.

“Possessions, honor, and popularity are grim …“Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe… adhigamāya.

Take a case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.Idhāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi sakkārena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.

Take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.Idha panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi asakkārena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.

And take another case where I see a certain individual whose mind is overcome and overwhelmed by both honor and lack of honor. When their body broke up, after death, they were reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.Idha panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekaccaṁ puggalaṁ passāmi sakkārena ca asakkārena ca tadubhayena abhibhūtaṁ pariyādiṇṇacittaṁ, kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannaṁ.

So grim are possessions, honor, and popularity. …”Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko …pe…

That is what the Buddha said.Idamavoca bhagavā. Then the Holy One, the Teacher, went on to say:Idaṁ vatvāna sugato athāparaṁ etadavoca satthā:

“Whether they’re honored“Yassa sakkariyamānassa, or not honored, or both,asakkārena cūbhayaṁ; their immersion doesn’t waverSamādhi na vikampati, as they abide in the immeasurables.appamāṇavihārino.

They persistently meditateTaṁ jhāyinaṁ sātatikaṁ, with subtle view and discernment.sukhumaṁ diṭṭhivipassakaṁ; Rejoicing in the ending of grasping,Upādānakkhayārāmaṁ, they’re said to be a true person.”āhu sappuriso itī”ti.