Viyahapannatti 1.8.88

1.8.88

purise ṇaṃ bhaṃte! kacchaṃsi vā jāva vaṇaviduggaṃsi vā taṇāiṃ ūsaviya-ūsaviya aganikāyaṃ nisirai–tāvaṃ ca 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 ussavaṇayāe–ṇo nisiraṇayāe, no dahaṇayāe–tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se purise kāiyāe, ahigaraṇiyāe, pāovasiyāe–tihiṃ kiriyāhiṃ puṭṭhe|
je bhavie ussavaṇayāe vi, nisiraṇayāe vi, no dahaṇayāe– tāvaṃ ca ṇaṃ se purise kāiyāe, ahigaraṇiyāe, pāosiyāe, pāritāvaṇiyāe–cauhiṃ kiriyāhiṃ puṭṭhe|
je bhavie ussavaṇayāe vi, nisiraṇayāe vi, dahaṇayāe 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, having heaped up grasses in a marsh or up to an impassable forest, applies fire—to that extent, 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 heaping up, but not of applying [fire], nor of burning—to that extent that man is touched by three activities: bodily activity, activity involving implements, and hateful activity.
One who is capable of heaping up and also of applying [fire], but not of burning—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 heaping up, and also of applying [fire], and also of burning—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.'"