1“What gets old, what doesn’t get old?
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?

2How many holes are there in the world,
where one’s wealth leaks out?
We’ve come to ask the Buddha;
how are we to understand this?”

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

4and greed obstructs skillful qualities.
Youth is ending day and night.
Women are the stain of celibacy,
to which this generation clings.
Austerity and celibacy
are the waterless bath.

5There 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!”

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

2Kati lokasmiṁ chiddāni,
yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati;
Bhagavantaṁ puṭṭhumāgamma,
kathaṁ jānemu taṁ mayan"ti.

3"Rūpaṁ jīrati maccānaṁ,
nāmagottaṁ na jīrati;
Rāgo uppathoti vuccati.

4Lobho dhammānaṁ paripantho,
Vayo rattindivakkhayo;
Itthī malaṁ brahmacariyassa,
Etthāyaṁ sajjate pajā;
Tapo ca brahmacariyañca,
Taṁ sinānamanodakaṁ.

5Cha lokasmiṁ chiddāni,
yattha vittaṁ na tiṭṭhati;
Ālasyañca pamādo ca,
anuṭṭhānaṁ asaṁyamo;
Niddā tandī ca te chidde,
sabbaso taṁ vivajjaye"ti.