5. Contempt

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Ekadhammaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha;

ahaṁ vo pāṭibhogo anāgāmitāya.

Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?

Makkhaṁ, bhikkhave, ekadhammaṁ pajahatha;

ahaṁ vo pāṭibhogo anāgāmitāyā”ti.

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Yena makkhena makkhāse,

sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ;

Taṁ makkhaṁ sammadaññāya,

pajahanti vipassino;

Pahāya na punāyanti,

imaṁ lokaṁ kudācanan”ti.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Pañcamaṁ.

This was said by the Lord…

“… Contempt is that one thing, bhikkhus. Abandon that and I guarantee you non-returning.”

Beings despising others with contempt
Go to rebirth in a bad bourn.
But having rightly understood contempt,
Those with insight abandon it.
By abandoning it they never come
Back to this world again.