‘idaṁ kho, samma, pahūtaṁ sāṇaṁ chaḍḍitaṁ, tena hi, samma, tvañca sāṇabhāraṁ bandha, ahañca sāṇabhāraṁ bandhissāmi, ubho sāṇabhāraṁ ādāya gamissāmā’ti.   ‘This is a pile of abandoned sunn hemp. Well then, my friend, you make up a bundle of hemp, and I’ll make one too. Let’s both take a bundle of hemp and go on.’  
‘Evaṁ, sammā’ti kho sahāyako sahāyakassa paṭissutvā sāṇabhāraṁ bandhitvā te ubho sāṇabhāraṁ ādāya yena aññataraṁ gāmapaṭṭaṁ tenupasaṅkamiṁsu.  
‘Yes, my friend,’ he said. Carrying their bundles of hemp they went to another deserted village.  
Tena hi, samma, tvañca sāṇabhāraṁ chaḍḍehi, ahañca sāṇabhāraṁ chaḍḍessāmi, ubho sāṇasuttabhāraṁ ādāya gamissāmā’ti.  
Well then, my friend, let’s abandon our bundles of hemp, and both take a bundle of hemp thread and go on.’  
Atha kho so sahāyako sāṇabhāraṁ chaḍḍetvā sāṇasuttabhāraṁ ādiyi.  
So one friend abandoned their bundle of hemp and picked up a bundle of hemp thread.  
Tena hi, samma, tvañca sāṇabhāraṁ chaḍḍehi, ahañca sāṇasuttabhāraṁ chaḍḍessāmi, ubho sāṇibhāraṁ ādāya gamissāmā’ti.  
Well then, my friend, let’s abandon our bundles, and both take a bundle of hemp cloth and go on.’  
Tena hi, samma, tvañca sāṇabhāraṁ chaḍḍehi, ahañca sajjhabhāraṁ chaḍḍessāmi, ubho suvaṇṇabhāraṁ ādāya gamissāmā’ti.  
Well then, my friend, let’s abandon our bundles, and both take a bundle of gold and go on.’  
Tattha yo so sahāyako sāṇabhāraṁ ādāya agamāsi, tassa neva mātāpitaro abhinandiṁsu, na puttadārā abhinandiṁsu, na mittāmaccā abhinandiṁsu, na ca tatonidānaṁ sukhaṁ somanassaṁ adhigacchi.  
When one friend returned with a bundle of sunn hemp, they didn’t please their parents, their partners and children, or their friends and colleagues. And they got no pleasure and happiness on that account.