Devadahasutta

mn101:17.1 ‘What do you think, reverends? If a deed is to be experienced as pleasant, can exertion make it be experienced as painful?’

mn101:17.2 ‘No, reverend.’

mn101:17.3 ‘But if a deed is to be experienced as painful, can exertion make it be experienced as pleasant?’

mn101:17.4 ‘No, reverend.’