1"Bhikkhus, there are these ten dangers in entering the king's inner palace. What ten?

(1) "Here, the king is sitting with his queen. The bhikkhu enters, and either the queen smiles when she sees the bhikkhu or the bhikkhu smiles when he sees the queen. The king thinks: ‘Surely, something has gone on between them, or something is about to go on.’ This is the first danger in entering the king's inner palace.

2(2) "Again, when the king has been busy, engaged with much work, he has had intercourse with one of the women but does not remember this, and because of their relations she has become pregnant. The king thinks: ‘No one else has entered here except the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the second danger in entering the king's inner palace.

3(3) "Again, a gem has been lost in the king's inner palace. The king thinks: ‘No one else has entered here except the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the third danger in entering the king's inner palace.

4(4) "Again, the secret deliberations of the king's inner palace have spread to others. [n.2045] Ce guyhavantā should be corrected to guyhamantā, as in Be and Ee. Here guyhamantā almost certainly means "secret deliberations," not "secret mantras." The king thinks: ‘No one else has entered here except the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the fourth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

5(5) "Again, in the king's inner palace a father longs for his son, or a son longs for his father. [n.2046] Mp glosses pattheti with māretuṁ icchati, "wishes to kill." I do not see how a desire to kill can be derived from the Pāli and thus prefer to take pattheti in its usual sense, as simply "to wish, to long for." My guess as to its relevance here is that a man who has fathered a son through one of the concubines wants to see his son, and a concubine's son who learns that he was sired by a man other than the king wants to meet his real father, and the king suspects the monk of being the go-between. They think: ‘No one else has entered here except the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the fifth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

6(6) "Again, the king promotes someone. Those who are upset by this think: ‘The king has close ties with the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the sixth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

7(7) "Again, the king demotes someone. Those who are upset by this think: ‘The king has close ties with the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the seventh danger in entering the king's inner palace.

8(8) "Again, the king dispatches his army at an improper time. Those who are upset by this think: ‘The king has close ties with the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the eighth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

9(9) "Again, after dispatching his army at a proper time, the king orders it to turn back while en route. Those who are upset by this think: ‘The king has close ties with the monk. Could this be the monk's work?’ This is the ninth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

10(10) "Again, in the king's inner palace there is the trampling of elephants, [n.2047] Ce and Be read hatthisammaddaṁ; Ee has hatthisammadaṁ in the text, but –sammaddaṁ and –sambādhaṁ as alternative readings. Mp Be reads hatthisambādhaṁ, resolved as hatthīhi sambādhaṁ ("crowded with elephants"). Mp Ce allows this reading too, though its text seems corrupted. Both editions of Mp recognize the alternative hatthisammaddaṁ. horses, and chariots, as well as tantalizing forms, sounds, odours, tastes, and tactile objects that are not suitable for a monk. This is the tenth danger in entering the king's inner palace.

"These, bhikkhus, are the ten dangers in entering the king's inner palace."

1"Dasayime, bhikkhave, ādīnavā rājantepurappavesane. Katame dasa?

Idha, bhikkhave, rājā mahesiyā saddhiṁ nisinno hoti. Tatra bhikkhu pavisati. Mahesī vā bhikkhuṁ disvā sitaṁ pātukaroti, bhikkhu vā mahesiṁ disvā sitaṁ pātukaroti. Tattha rañño evaṁ hoti: ‘addhā imesaṁ kataṁ vā karissanti vā’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, paṭhamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (1)

2Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā bahukicco bahukaraṇīyo aññataraṁ itthiṁ gantvā na sarati: ‘sā tena gabbhaṁ gaṇhāti’. Tattha rañño evaṁ hoti: ‘Na kho idha añño koci pavisati, aññatra pabbajitena. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dutiyo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (2)

3Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño antepure aññataraṁ ratanaṁ nassati. Tattha rañño evaṁ hoti: ‘Na kho idha añño koci pavisati, aññatra pabbajitena. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, tatiyo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (3)

4Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño antepure abbhantarā guyhamantā bahiddhā sambhedaṁ gacchanti. Tattha rañño evaṁ hoti: ‘Na kho idha añño koci pavisati, aññatra pabbajitena. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, catuttho ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (4)

5Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño antepure pitā vā puttaṁ pattheti putto vā pitaraṁ pattheti. Tesaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘Na kho idha añño koci pavisati, aññatra pabbajitena. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, pañcamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (5)

6Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā nīcaṭṭhāniyaṁ ucce ṭhāne ṭhapeti. Yesaṁ taṁ amanāpaṁ tesaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘rājā kho pabbajitena saṁsaṭṭho. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, chaṭṭho ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (6)

7Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā uccaṭṭhāniyaṁ nīce ṭhāne ṭhapeti. Yesaṁ taṁ amanāpaṁ tesaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘rājā kho pabbajitena saṁsaṭṭho. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, sattamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (7)

8Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā akāle senaṁ uyyojeti. Yesaṁ taṁ amanāpaṁ tesaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘rājā kho pabbajitena saṁsaṭṭho. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, aṭṭhamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (8)

9Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rājā kāle senaṁ uyyojetvā antarāmaggato nivattāpeti. Yesaṁ taṁ amanāpaṁ tesaṁ evaṁ hoti: ‘rājā kho pabbajitena saṁsaṭṭho. Siyā nu kho pabbajitassa kamman’ti. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, navamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane. (9)

10Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, rañño antepuraṁ hatthisammaddaṁ assasammaddaṁ rathasammaddaṁ rajanīyāni rūpasaddagandharasaphoṭṭhabbāni, yāni na pabbajitassa sāruppāni. Ayaṁ, bhikkhave, dasamo ādīnavo rājantepurappavesane.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, dasa ādīnavā rājantepurappavesane"ti. (10)

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Pañcamaṁ.