Tales of moral dread: A lie a 100 times, not the truth
A lie a hundred times, not a truth A practice of deception Through deception, suppression of truth Or a veil over truth, but not for long All formations impermanent, but not truth Truth, not a formation, not like a veil Permanence of the veil; even smaller than a drop in the ocean Just as the suffering of the animal realm Through exploitation of animals by denizens of the asurā or the Hungry Ghosts (peta) realm For petty pleasures and benefits For momentary pleasures and benefits In the same manner, a veil over a truth, a petty pleasure or benefit Likely chances of rebirth in the animal realm Likely chances of rebirth as a dangar - cattle, the petty-useful, the expendable With reliance on frequent lies, the kamma-viriya in motion, like a vaṭṭa, a cycle