6. Conceit

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:

“Ekadhammaṁ, bhikkhave, pajahatha;

ahaṁ vo pāṭibhogo anāgāmitāya.

Katamaṁ ekadhammaṁ?

Mānaṁ, bhikkhave, ekadhammaṁ pajahatha;

ahaṁ vo pāṭibhogo anāgāmitāyā”ti.

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.

Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:

“Yena mānena mattāse,

sattā gacchanti duggatiṁ;

Taṁ mānaṁ sammadaññāya,

pajahanti vipassino;

Pahāya na punāyanti,

imaṁ lokaṁ kudācanan”ti.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.

Chaṭṭhaṁ.

This was said by the Lord…

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

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