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Uppathasutta

The Deviant Path Deviation

“Kiṁsu uppatho akkhāto,
“What is declared the deviant path?
“What’s declared to be a deviation?

kiṁsu rattindivakkhayo;
What undergoes destruction night and day?
What is ending day and night?

Kiṁ malaṁ brahmacariyassa,
What is the stain of the holy life?
What’s the stain of celibacy?

kiṁ sinānamanodakan”ti.
What is the bath without water?”
What’s the waterless bath?”

“Rāgo uppatho akkhāto,
“Lust is declared the deviant path;
“Lust is declared to be a deviation.

Vayo rattindivakkhayo;
Life undergoes destruction night and day;
Youth is ending day and night.

Itthī malaṁ brahmacariyassa,
Women are the stain of the holy life:
Women are the stain of celibacy,

Etthāyaṁ sajjate pajā;
Here menfolk are enmeshed.
to which this generation clings.

Tapo ca brahmacariyañca,
Austerity and the holy life—
Fervor and celibacy

Taṁ sinānamanodakan”ti.
That is the bath without water. ”
are the waterless bath.”