Obscured by passion & aversion
—some brahmans & contemplatives—
people entrenched in ignorance,
delighting in endearing forms,
drink alcohol & fermented liquor,
engage in sexual intercourse,
unwise, consent to gold & silver,
live by means of wrong livelihood
—some brahmans & contemplatives.
These are said to be obscurations
by the Awakened One,
kinsman of the Sun.
Because of these obscurations
some brahmans & contemplatives
don’t glow,
don’t shine,
are impure,
dusty,
dead.1
Covered with darkness,
slaves to craving, led on,
they swell the terrible charnel ground,
they grab at further becoming.
Notes
1. Reading matā with the Thai edition. The Burmese edition has magā, “stupid.”
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