SN 1.76

Najīratisutta

“Kiṁ jīrati kiṁ na jīrati, kiṁsu uppathoti vuccati; Kiṁsu dhammānaṁ paripantho, kiṁsu rattindivakkhayo; Kiṁ malaṁ brahmacariyassa, kiṁ sinānamanodakaṁ.

Getting Old

“What ages, what does not age? What’s called a deviation? What’s a roadblock for skillful qualities? What is ending day and night? What’s the stain of celibacy? What’s the waterless bath?

Kati lokasmiṁ chiddāni, yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati; Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma, kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan”ti.

How many holes are there in the world, where one’s wealth leaks out? We’ve come to ask the worthy sir: how are we to understand this?”

“Rūpaṁ jīrati maccānaṁ, nāmagottaṁ na jīrati; Rāgo uppathoti vuccati.

“The physical form of mortals gets old, but their name and clan don’t. Lust is called a deviation,

Lobho dhammānaṁ paripantho, Vayo rattindivakkhayo; Itthī malaṁ brahmacariyassa, Etthāyaṁ sajjate pajā; Tapo ca brahmacariyañca, Taṁ sinānamanodakaṁ.

and greed is a roadblock for skillful qualities. Youth is ending day and night. Women are the stain of chastity, to which this generation clings. Fervor and chastity are the waterless bath.

Cha lokasmiṁ chiddāni, yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati; Ālasyañca pamādo ca, anuṭṭhānaṁ asaṁyamo; Niddā tandī ca te chidde, sabbaso taṁ vivajjaye”ti.

There are six holes in the world, where one’s wealth leaks out: laziness and negligence, lack of initiative and lack of restraint, sleepiness and sloth. You should completely get rid of these holes!”