Dighanikaya 8.382_11

8.382_11

Aparo samādinnadhutaṅgo appapuññova hoti, na labhati sukhena jīvitavuttiṃ. So – ‘‘pubbepāhaṃ akatapuññatāya kiñci na labhāmi, sace idāni anesanaṃ karissaṃ, āyatimpi dullabhasukho bhavissāmī’’ti tīṇi sucaritāni pūretvā arahattaṃ pattuṃ asakkonto sagge nibbattati.

Another has undertaken the ascetic practices but possesses little merit, not obtaining a livelihood with ease. Thinking, "Because of not having made merit in the past, I obtain nothing; if I now engage in improper livelihood, happiness will be hard to obtain in the future as well," he fulfills the three kinds of good conduct and, being unable to attain arahantship, is reborn in heaven.