1(1) "Bhikkhus, ‘peril’ is a designation for sensual pleasures. (2) ‘Suffering’ is a designation for sensual pleasures. (3) ‘Disease’ is a designation for sensual pleasures. (4) ‘Boil’ is a designation for sensual pleasures. (5) ‘Tie’ is a designation for sensual pleasures. (6) ‘Swamp’ is a designation for sensual pleasures.

2"And why, bhikkhus, is ‘peril’ a designation for sensual pleasures? One excited by sensual lust, bound by desire and lust, is not freed from the perils pertaining to the present life or from the perils pertaining to future lives; therefore ‘peril’ is a designation for sensual pleasures.

"And why is ‘suffering’ … ‘disease’ … ‘boil’ … ‘tie’ … ‘swamp’ a designation for sensual pleasures? One excited by sensual lust, bound by desire and lust, is not freed from the swamps pertaining to the present life or from the swamps pertaining to future lives; therefore ‘swamp’ is a designation for sensual pleasures."

3Peril, suffering, and disease,
a boil, a tie, and a swamp:
these describe the sensual pleasures
to which the worldling is attached.

4Having seen the peril in clinging
as the origin of birth and death,
being liberated by non-clinging
in the extinction of birth and death,

5those happy ones have attained security;
they have reached nibbāna in this very life.
Having overcome all enmity and peril,
they have transcended all suffering. [n.1289] These eight lines are also at AN3.36. Here all three editions read te khemappattā in pāda a of the final verse.

1"‘Bhayan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ; ‘dukkhan’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ; ‘rogo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ; ‘gaṇḍo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ; ‘saṅgo’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ; ‘paṅko’ti, bhikkhave, kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

2Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ? Kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpi bhayā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘bhayan’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ.

Kasmā ca, bhikkhave, dukkhanti … pe … rogoti … gaṇḍoti … saṅgoti … paṅkoti kāmānametaṁ adhivacanaṁ? Kāmarāgarattāyaṁ, bhikkhave, chandarāgavinibaddho diṭṭhadhammikāpipaṅkā na parimuccati, samparāyikāpipaṅkā na parimuccati, tasmā ‘paṅko’ti kāmānametaṁ adhivacananti.

3Bhayaṁ dukkhaṁ rogo gaṇḍo,
saṅgo paṅko ca ubhayaṁ;
Ete kāmā pavuccanti,
yattha satto puthujjano.

4Upādāne bhayaṁ disvā,
jātimaraṇasambhave;
Anupādā vimuccanti,
jātimaraṇasaṅkhaye.

5Te khemappattā sukhino,
diṭṭhadhammābhinibbutā;
Sabbaverabhayātītā,
sabbadukkhaṁ upaccagun"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.