1. Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu
1. Here, monastics, a monastic

anuppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ
regarding bad and unwholesome thoughts that have not yet arisen

anuppādāya chandaṁ janeti,
generates desire for their non-arising,

vāyamati, viriyaṁ ārabhati, cittaṁ paggaṇhāti, padahati,
(in this regard) he endeavours, instigates energy, exerts his mind, and makes an effort,

2. uppannānaṁ pāpakānaṁ akusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ
2. regarding bad and unwholesome thoughts that have already arisen

pahānāya chandaṁ janeti,
he generates desire for their abandonment,

vāyamati, viriyaṁ ārabhati, cittaṁ paggaṇhāti, padahati,
(in this regard) he endeavours, instigates energy, exerts his mind, and makes an effort,

3. anuppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ uppādāya chandaṁ janeti,
3. he generates desire for the arising of wholesome thoughts that have not yet arisen,

vāyamati, viriyaṁ ārabhati, cittaṁ paggaṇhāti, padahati,
(in this regard) he endeavours, instigates energy, exerts his mind, and makes an effort,

4. uppannānaṁ kusalānaṁ dhammānaṁ ṭhitiyā, asammosāya,
4. * regarding wholesome thoughts that have arisen he generates desire for their endurance, persistence,

bhiyyobhāvāya, vepullāya, bhāvanāya, pāripūriyā chandaṁ janeti,
multiplication, extension, cultivation, and fulfilment,

vāyamati, viriyaṁ ārabhati, cittaṁ paggaṇhāti, padahati.
(in this regard) he endeavours, instigates energy, exerts his mind, and makes
an effort.

{1} Kāmavitakko,
{1} The thought of sensual pleasure,

{2} byāpādavitakko,
{2} the thought of ill-will,

{3} vihiṁsāvitakko.
{3} the thought of harming. These constitute wrong thought (micchāsaṅkappa), the opposite of the second factor of the eightfold noble path.