Viyahapannatti 1.8.87

1.8.87

purise ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kacchaṃsi vā dahaṃsi vā udagaṃsi vā daviyaṃsi vā valayaṃsi vā namaṃsi vā gahaṇaṃsi vā gahaṇaviduggaṃsi vā pavvayaṃsi vā pavvayaviduggaṃsi vā vaṇaṃsi vā vaṇaviduggaṃsi vā miyavittīe miyasaṃkappe miyapaṇihāṇe miyavahāe gaṃtā ete miya tti kāuṃ annayarassa miyassa vahāe kūḍapāsaṃ uddāti, tato ṇaṃ bhaṃte! se purise katikirie?
goyamā! siya tikirie, siya caukirie, siya paṃcakirie|
se keṇaṭṭheṇaṃ bhaṃte! evaṃ vuccai–siya tikirie? siya caukirie? siya paṃcakirie?
goyamā! je bhavie uddavaṇayāe–no baṃdhanayāe, no māraṇayāe–tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se purise kāiyāe, ahigaraṇiyāe, pāosiyāe –tihiṃ kiriyāhiṃ puṭṭhe|
je bhavie uddavaṇatāe vi, baṃdhanatāe vi–no māraṇatāe–tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se purise kāiyāe, ahigaraṇiyāe, pāosiyāe, pāritāvaṇiyāe–cauhiṃ kiriyāhiṃ puṭṭhe|
je bhavie uddavaṇatāe vi, baṃdhanatāe vi, māraṇatāe vi, tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se purise kāiyāe, ahigaraṇiyāe, pāosiyāe, pāritāvaṇiyāe, pāṇātivāyakiriyāe– paṃcahiṃ kiriyāhiṃ puṭṭhe| se teṇaṭṭheṇaṃ goyamā! evaṃ vuccai–siya tikirie, siya caukirie, siya paṃcakirie|

"Venerable Sir! If a man whose livelihood is hunting deer, whose intention is towards deer, whose mind is fixed on deer, having gone for the killing of deer into a marsh, a lake, water, a thicket of grass, a water-encircled spot, a dark recess, an abyss, an impassable abyss, a mountain, an impassable mountain, a forest, or an impassable forest, thinking 'there is a deer', sets a snare-trap for the killing of a certain deer—then, Venerable Sir, with how many activities is that man affected?"
"Gautama! Sometimes he is affected with three activities, sometimes with four activities, sometimes with five activities."
"For what reason, Venerable Sir, is it said: 'Sometimes he is affected with three activities, sometimes with four activities, sometimes with five activities'?"
"Gautama! One who is capable of setting [the trap], but not of binding, nor of killing—to that extent that man is touched by three activities: bodily activity, activity involving implements, and hateful activity.
One who is capable of setting [the trap] and also of binding, but not of killing—to that extent that man is touched by four activities: bodily activity, activity involving implements, hateful activity, and tormenting activity.
One who is capable of setting [the trap], and also of binding, and also of killing—to that extent that man is touched by five activities: bodily activity, activity involving implements, hateful activity, tormenting activity, and the activity of taking life. For that reason, Gautama, it is said: 'Sometimes he is affected with three activities, sometimes with four activities, sometimes with five activities.'"