§ 34.

This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard: "A person without ardor, without concern [for the results of doing evil], is incapable of self-awakening, incapable of Unbinding, incapable of attaining the unsurpassed safety from bondage. A person ardent & concerned is capable of self-awakening, capable of Unbinding, capable of attaining the unsurpassed safety from bondage."

        With no ardor, no
        concern,
    lazy, with low persistence,
    full of sloth & drowsiness,
    shameless, without respect:
        he's incapable,
        a monk like this,
    of touching superlative
        self-awakening.

But whoever is mindful, masterful,
        absorbed in jhana,
    ardent, concerned, & heedful,
    cutting the fetter of birth & aging,
    touches right here
        a self-awakening un-
        surpassed.