At Sāvatthī. sn.ii.227 "Bhikkhus, dreadful are gain, honour, and praise…. Once in the past there was a large family of turtles that had been living for a long time in a certain lake. [n.317] Pali indiscriminately uses two words, kumma and kacchapa, for both turtle and tortoise. Here kumma refers to the lake-dwelling variety, but at SN35:240 kumma kacchapa jointly denote what seems to be a land-dwelling creature, while at SN56:47 kacchapa alone refers to the sea-dwelling variety. Spk glosses mahākummakula with mahantaṁ aṭṭhikacchapakula, which further confirms the interchangeability of the two words. I have rendered both terms "turtle" when they denote a predominantly aquatic creature (here and at SN56:47), "tortoise" when they refer to a land-dwelling creature. Then one turtle said to another: ‘Dear turtle, do not go to such and such a region.’ But that turtle went to that region, and a hunter struck him with a corded harpoon. [n.318] Papatā. Spk explains this as an iron spear shaped like a hooked dart, kept in an iron case. When it is dropped on its target with a certain force, the spear comes out from the case and the rope follows along, still attached to it. Then that turtle approached the first one. When the first turtle saw him coming in the distance, he said to him: ‘I hope, dear turtle, that you didn’t go to that region.’ –‘I did go to that region, dear.’ –‘I hope you haven’t been hit or struck, dear.’ –‘I haven’t been hit or struck; but there is this cord constantly following behind me.’ –‘Indeed you’ve been hit, dear turtle, indeed you’ve been struck! Your father and grandfather also met with calamity and disaster on account of such a cord. Go now, dear turtle, you are no longer one of us.’

2"‘Hunter,’ bhikkhus: this is a designation for Māra the Evil One. ‘Corded harpoon’: this is a designation for gain, honour, and praise. ‘Cord’: this is a designation for delight and lust. Any bhikkhu who relishes and enjoys the arisen gain, honour, and praise is called a bhikkhu who has been struck with a corded harpoon, [n.319] Although all three eds. read giddho papataya, it seems we should read viddho papatāya, proposed by a note in Be. who has met with calamity and disaster, and the Evil One can do with him as he wishes. So dreadful, bhikkhus, are gain, honour, and praise … . sn.ii.228 Thus should you train yourselves."

1Sāvatthiyaṁ vihārati. "Dāruṇo, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko … pe … adhigamāya. Bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhave, aññatarasmiṁ udakarahade mahākummakulaṁ ciranivāsi ahosi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, aññataro kummo aññataraṁ kummaṁ etadavoca: ‘mā kho tvaṁ, tāta kumma, etaṁ padesaṁ agamāsī’ti. Agamāsi kho, bhikkhave, so kummo taṁ padesaṁ. Tamenaṁ luddo papatāya vijjhi. Atha kho, bhikkhave, so kummo yena so kummo tenupasaṅkami. Addasā kho, bhikkhave, so kummo taṁ kummaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ. Disvāna taṁ kummaṁ etadavoca: ‘kacci tvaṁ, tāta kumma, na taṁ padesaṁ agamāsī’ti? ‘Agamāsiṁ khvāhaṁ, tāta kumma, taṁ padesan’ti. ‘Kacci panāsi, tāta kumma, akkhato anupahato’ti? ‘Akkhato khomhi, tāta kumma, anupahato, atthi ca me idaṁ suttakaṁ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhan’ti. ‘Tagghasi, tāta kumma, khato, taggha upahato. Etena hi te, tāta kumma, suttakena pitaro ca pitāmahā ca anayaṁ āpannā byasanaṁ āpannā. Gaccha dāni tvaṁ, tāta kumma, na dāni tvaṁ amhākan’ti.

2Luddoti kho, bhikkhave, mārassetaṁ pāpimato adhivacanaṁ. Papatāti kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasilokassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Suttakanti kho, bhikkhave, nandīrāgassetaṁ adhivacanaṁ. Yo hi koci, bhikkhave, bhikkhu uppannaṁ lābhasakkārasilokaṁ assādeti nikāmeti – ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhave, bhikkhu giddho papatāya anayaṁ āpanno byasanaṁ āpanno yathākāmakaraṇīyo pāpimato. Evaṁ dāruṇo kho, bhikkhave, lābhasakkārasiloko … pe … evañhi vo, bhikkhave, sikkhitabban"ti.

Tatiyaṁ.