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Sarāgasutta

Greedy

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ.
“Mendicants, these four people are found in the world.

Katame cattāro?
What four?

Sarāgo, sadoso, samoho, samāno—
The greedy, the hateful, the delusional, and the conceited.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.
These are the four people found in the world.

Sārattā rajanīyesu,
Full of desire for desirable things,

Piyarūpābhinandino;
enjoying things that seem pleasant,

Mohena āvutā sattā,
beings veiled by delusion

Baddhā vaḍḍhenti bandhanaṁ.
only tighten their bonds.

Rāgajaṁ dosajañcāpi,
Born of greed, born of hate,

mohajaṁ cāpaviddasū;
born of delusion: the ignorant

Karontākusalaṁ kammaṁ,
do unskillful deeds

savighātaṁ dukhudrayaṁ.
that afflict and produce pain.

Avijjānivutā posā,
If you act out of these qualities, <j>that’s what you become.

andhabhūtā acakkhukā;
But men shrouded by ignorance,

Yathā dhammā tathā santā,
are blind, with no eyes to see,

na tassevanti maññare”ti.
and they never imagine that this could be so.”

Chaṭṭhaṁ.