Pāṭibhogasutta

“Catunnaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammānaṁ natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ.

“There are four things that no one can guarantee— not an ascetic, a brahmin, a god, a Māra, a divinity, or anyone in the world.

Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ? ‘Jarādhammaṁ mā jīrī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ; ‘byādhidhammaṁ mā byādhiyī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ; ‘maraṇadhammaṁ mā mīyī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ; ‘yāni kho pana tāni pubbe attanā katāni pāpakāni kammāni saṅkilesikāni ponobhavikāni sadarāni dukkhavipākāni āyatiṁ jātijarāmaraṇikāni, tesaṁ vipāko mā nibbattī’ti natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmiṁ.

What four? No one can guarantee that someone liable to old age will not grow old. No one can guarantee that someone liable to sickness will not get sick. No one can guarantee that someone liable to death will not die. No one can guarantee that the bad deeds done in past lives—corrupting, leading to future lives, hurtful, resulting in suffering and future rebirth, old age, and death—will not produce their result.

Imesaṁ kho, bhikkhave, catunnaṁ dhammānaṁ natthi koci pāṭibhogo— samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā devo vā māro vā brahmā vā koci vā lokasmin”ti. Dutiyaṁ.

These are the four things that no one can guarantee— not an ascetic, a brahmin, a god, a Māra, a divinity, or anyone in the world.”