Nirayavagga · Hell · Gāthā 319

Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā, avajjañca avajjato; Sammādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.

Vajjañca vajjato ñatvā, avajjañca avajjato; sammādiṭṭhisamādānā, sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ.

Knowing what is guilty as guilty, and what is not guilty as not guilty; embracing right view, beings go to a happy destiny.

This verse is the exact reverse of the previous one: where verses 316-318 describe perceptual inversion and its consequences, verse 319 shows right view (sammādiṭṭhi) and its fruit. The structure is symmetrical: vajjañca vajjato ñatvā — knowing what is a fault as a fault.

The consequence changes radically: sattā gacchanti suggatiṁ — beings go to a favorable destiny (suggati). Not the same dark destiny (duggati) of previous verses. The difference between ruin and freedom lies in the quality of vision.

The Nirayavagga closes with this note of hope: even after describing the hell of moral confusion, the Buddha points out that the exit is possible. Right view is the key.