“Do not strike the Naga, O Kunjara,
Indeed suffering [results] from the striking of the Naga, O Kunjara;
Truly because of not striking the Naga, O Kunjara
a happy destination comes to be from this [state] to another.

Do not be proud, and do not be negligent.
Indeed the negligent ones do not go to a happy state.
You should do only that by which thus [done],
you will go to a happy state.”

mā kuñjara nāgamāsado
dukkhaṃ hi kuñjara nāgamāsado,
na hi nāgahatassa kuñjara
sugati hoti ito paraṃ yato.

mā ca mado mā ca pamādo
na hi pamattā sugatiṃ vajanti.
tena tvaññeva tathā karissasī
yena tvaṃ sugatiṃ gamissasī"ti.