AN 4.20

Bhattuddesakasutta

“Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhattuddesako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye. Katamehi catūhi? Chandāgatiṁ gacchati, dosāgatiṁ gacchati, mohāgatiṁ gacchati, bhayāgatiṁ gacchati— imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhattuddesako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ niraye.

A Meal Assigner

“Mendicants, a meal assigner who has four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there. What four? They make decisions prejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. A meal assigner who has these four qualities is placed in hell as if delivered there.

Catūhi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato bhattuddesako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ sagge. Katamehi catūhi? Na chandāgatiṁ gacchati, na dosāgatiṁ gacchati, na mohāgatiṁ gacchati, na bhayāgatiṁ gacchati— imehi kho, bhikkhave, catūhi dhammehi samannāgato bhattuddesako yathābhataṁ nikkhitto evaṁ saggeti.

A meal designator who has four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there. What four? They make decisions unprejudiced by favoritism, hostility, stupidity, and cowardice. A meal assigner who has these four qualities is placed in heaven as if delivered there.

Ye keci kāmesu asaññatā janā, Adhammikā honti adhammagāravā; Chandā dosā mohā ca bhayā gāmino, Parisākasaṭo ca panesa vuccati.

All those people with unbridled sensuality, unprincipled, with no respect for principle, led astray by favoritism or hostility, stupidity or cowardice, are called ‘an assembly of the dregs’:

Evañhi vuttaṁ samaṇena jānatā, Tasmā hi te sappurisā pasaṁsiyā; Dhamme ṭhitā ye na karonti pāpakaṁ, Na chandā na dosā na mohā na bhayā ca gāmino; Parisāya maṇḍo ca panesa vuccati, Evañhi vuttaṁ samaṇena jānatā”ti.

that’s what was said by the ascetic who knows. And so those praiseworthy true persons, standing on principle, doing nothing wrong, not led astray by favoritism or hostility, stupidity or cowardice, are called ‘an assembly of the cream’: that’s what was said by the ascetic who knows.”