1 This indeed was said by the Auspicious One, said by the Arahant, as heard by me:

2 “Here I, O bhikkhus, by encompassing a certain individual of a corrupted mind with my own mind, I understand thus: Were this individual to die at this moment, he will be put down in hell accordingly as if carried [there]. What is the reason for that? Because his mind, O bhikkhus, is corrupted. It is with a corrupted mind as cause, O bhikkhus, that some individual here, with the breakup of the body, after death, arises in the lower worlds, unhappy destination, the woeful plane, hell.”

3 This is the meaning of what the Auspicious One said. Thus, this was said there:

“Having known the corrupted mind,
of a certain individual here;
this meaning was explained,
to the bhikkhus in the Buddha's presence.

Were this individual to pass away,
at this very moment indeed;
he would arise in hell,
because of his corrupted mind.

As if having been carried [there],
it is just so for such a person;
with a corrupted mind as cause,
such beings go to the unhappy destinations.”

4 “This too is the meaning of what was said by the Auspicious One. Thus was heard by me”.

1 vuttaṃ hetaṃ bhagavatā. vuttavarahatā'ti me sutaṃ.

2 idāhaṃ bhikkhave ekaccaṃ puggalaṃ paduṭṭhacittaṃ evaṃ cetasā ceto paricca pajānāmi: imamhi cāyaṃ samaye puggalo kālaṃ kareyya, yathābhataṃ nikkhitto, evaṃniraye. taṃ kissa hetu: cittañhi'ssa bhikkhave paduṭṭhaṃ. cetopadosahetu kho pana bhikkhave evamidhekacce sattā kāyassa bhedā parammaraṇā apāyaṃ duggatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ upapajjantīti.

3 etamatthaṃ bhagavā avoca. tatthetaṃ iti vuccati:

paduṭṭhacittaṃ ñatvāna,
ekaccaṃ idha puggalaṃ;
etamatthañca vyākāsi,
buddho bhikkhūna santike.

imamhi cāyaṃ samaye,
kālaṃ kayirātha puggalo;
nirayaṃ upapajjeyya,
cittañhissa padūsitaṃ.

yathā'haritvā nikkhipeyya,
evameva tathāvidho;
cetopadosahetu hi,
sattā gacchanti duggatinti.

4 ayampi atthe vutto bhagavatā. iti me sutanti.