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221. Wrath one would leave behind,
Measurement one would abandon, every fetter transcend.
Who clings not to name and form, and possesses nothing.
Upon that one miseries do not fall.
222. Who can hold back arisen wrath,
Like a swerving chariot,
That one I call “a charioteer”,
Any other one is merely a reins-holder.
223. With absence of wrath one would conquer the wrathful one;
With good, one would conquer the bad one;
With giving, one would conquer the stingy one;
With truth, the one speaking falsehood.
224. Let one tell the truth, let one not be angry.
Asked, let one give even when he has but little.
By these three factors,
One would go into the presence of the gods.
225. They who are gentle sages,
Constantly restrained in body,
Go to the Unshakeable Abode,
Whither having gone, they do not grieve.
226. Of those who always keep awake,
Learning day and night,
Upon Nibbana intent,
“Intoxicants” come to an end.
227. Of old this is, Atula,
It is not just of today:
They find fault with one sitting silently;
They find fault with one speaking much,
And even with one speaking in moderation do they find fault.
In [this] world there is no one not faulted.
228. There was not and will not be,
And now there is not found,
A person absolutely faulted,
Or absolutely praised.
229. Whom the wise praise,
Having observed day after day,
That one of faultless conduct, intelligent,
Of wisdom and virtue well composed –
230. Who is fit to fault that one,
Who is like a coin of gold?
Even the gods praise that one;
One praised by Brahma too.
231. Let one guard against physical intemperance;
In body, let one be restrained.
Having abandoned physical misconduct,
In proper conduct with the body let one live.
232. Let one guard against intemperance of speech;
In speech, let one be restrained.
Having abandoned verbal misconduct,
In proper conduct with speech let one live.
233. Let one guard against intemperance of mind;
In mind, let one be restrained.
Having abandoned mental misconduct,
In proper conduct with the mind let one live.
234. Those restrained in body, wise,
And also restrained in speech,
Restrained in mind, wise,
They indeed are perfectly restrained.