• Numbered Discourses 10.77 Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 10.77
  • 8. If You Want 8. Ākaį¹…khavagga

A Crow Kākasutta

ā€œMendicants, a crow has ten bad qualities. ā€œDasahi, bhikkhave, asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. What ten? Katamehi dasahi? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. DhaṁsÄ« ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muį¹­į¹­hassati ca, necayiko ca—A crow possesses these ten bad qualities. imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato kāko. In the same way, a bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities. Evamevaṁ kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhu. What ten? Katamehi dasahi? They’re rude and impudent, gluttonous and voracious, cruel and pitiless, weak and raucous, unmindful and acquisitive. DhaṁsÄ« ca, pagabbho ca, tintiṇo ca, mahagghaso ca, luddo ca, akāruṇiko ca, dubbalo ca, oravitā ca, muį¹­į¹­hassati ca, necayiko ca—A bad mendicant possesses these ten bad qualities.ā€ imehi kho, bhikkhave, dasahi asaddhammehi samannāgato pāpabhikkhÅ«ā€ti.

Sattamaṁ.