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  • Itivuttaka 99
  • Tikanipāta
  • Pañcamavagga

Tevijjasutta

Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti → (pts) | sutaṁ → Vuttaṁ-, Etam-atthaṁ-, Ayam-pi-, only in M. (pts note) | vuttañhetaṁ → vuttaṁ hetaṁ (bjt)
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:

“Dhammenāhaṁ, bhikkhave, tevijjaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ paññāpemi, nāññaṁ lapitalāpanamattena.
brāhmaṇaṁ → B. P. Pa. have always brahm-, but M. brāhm-. (pts note) | nāññaṁ → naññaṁ, M.; na aññaṁ, B. C. P. Pa. (pts note)
“It’s with reference to Dhamma, monks, that I describe [a person as] a brahman with threefold knowledge, and not another as measured by citing & reciting.

Kathañcāhaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammena tevijjaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ paññāpemi, nāññaṁ lapitalāpanamattena?
kathañcāhaṁ → kathañca (bj) | Kathañcāhaṁ → Kathañca, M. (pts note) | nāññaṁ → naññaṁ, M.; na aññaṁ, C. P. Pa.; anaññaṁ, B. * Cp. sutta 100, and Aṅguttara Nikāya II. xiii. (pts note)
And how is it with reference to Dhamma that I describe [a person as] a brahman with threefold knowledge, and not another as measured by citing & reciting?
Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati, seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo tissopi jātiyo catassopi jātiyo pañcapi jātiyo dasapi jātiyo vīsampi jātiyo tiṁsampi jātiyo cattālīsampi jātiyo paññāsampi jātiyo jātisatampi jātisahassampi jātisatasahassampi anekepi saṁvaṭṭakappe anekepi vivaṭṭakappe anekepi saṁvaṭṭavivaṭṭakappe: ‘amutrāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto. So tato cuto amutra udapādiṁ. Tatrāpāsiṁ evaṁnāmo evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo evamāhāro evaṁsukhadukkhappaṭisaṁvedī evamāyupariyanto. So tato cuto idhūpapanno’ti. Iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarati.
cattālīsampi → cattāḷīsampi (bj, sya-all) | udapādiṁ → udapādiṁ (bj: katthaci) | jātiṁ → jāti, C. P. Pa. (pts note) | jātiyo → Om. C. D. E. P. Pa. (pts note) | pi → dasampi, B. C. P. Pa. (pts note) | vīsam-pi → vīsampi, C.; visampi, B.; visaṁpi, P. Pa.; vīsatimpi, D. E.; viṁsaṁpi, M. (pts note) | tiṁsam-pi → tisampi, B. (pts note) | amutrāsiṁ → amutrāsiṁ, C. M.; -si, B. D. E. P. Pa. (pts note) | evaṁnāmo → Om. D. E. (pts note) | evaṁsukhadukkhapaṭisaṁvedī → -vedi, B. C. P. Pa. (pts note) | udapādiṁ → udapādiṁ, M.; -di, B. C. P. Pa.; uppādi, D. E. (pts note) | tatrāpāsiṁ → tatrāpāsan-ti, Aa.; -āsi, without ṁ, all other MSS.; tatrāsāpi, D. E.; tatrāsi, C. (pts note) | evaṁsukhadukkhapaṭisaṁvedī → -vedi, B. C. (pts note) | evaṅgotto → evaṁgotto (my, bjt, th, ms2005, pts) | seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (th) | seyyathidaṁ ekampi → seyyathīdaṁ ekam-pi (pts) | dvepi → dve pi (pts) | tissopi → tisso pi (pts) | catassopi → catasso pi (pts) | pañcapi → pañca pi (pts) | dasapi → dasa pi (pts) | cattālīsampi → cattālīsam-pi (pts) | paññāsampi → paññāsam-pi (pts) | jātisatampi jātisahassampi jātisatasahassampi anekepi → jātisatam-pi jātisahassam-pi jātisatasahassam-pi aneke pi (pts) | anekepi → aneke pi (pts) | evaṅgotto evaṁvaṇṇo → evaṁgotto evamvaṇṇo (pts) | idhūpapannoti → idhūpapanno ti (pts)
“There is the case where a monk recollects his manifold past lives, i.e., one birth, two… five, ten… fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand, many eons of cosmic contraction, many eons of cosmic expansion, many eons of cosmic contraction & expansion: ‘There I had such a name, belonged to such a clan, had such an appearance. Such was my food, such my sensitivity to pleasure & pain, such the end of my life. Passing away from that state, I re-arose there. There too I had such a name, belonged to such a clan, had such an appearance. Such was my food, such my sensitivity to pleasure & pain, such the end of my life. Passing away from that state, I re-arose here.’ Thus he recollects his manifold past lives in their modes & details.
Ayamassa paṭhamā vijjā adhigatā hoti, avijjā vihatā, vijjā uppannā, tamo vihato, āloko uppanno, yathā taṁ appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato.
yathā taṁ → yathātaṁ (th)
“This is the first knowledge he has attained. Ignorance has been destroyed; knowledge has arisen; darkness has been destroyed; light has arisen–as happens in one who remains heedful, ardent, & resolute.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajānāti: ‘ime vata bhonto sattā kāyaduccaritena samannāgatā vacīduccaritena samannāgatā manoduccaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ upavādakā micchādiṭṭhikā micchādiṭṭhikammasamādānā. Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā apāyaṁ duggatiṁ vinipātaṁ nirayaṁ upapannā. Ime vā pana bhonto sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā. Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā’ti. Iti dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe, sugate duggate yathākammūpage satte pajānāti.
upapajjamāne → uppajjamāne (pts) | atikkantamānusakena → -mānussakena, B. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | vata → ca pana, B. C. (pts note) | samannāgatā → Intentionally omitted in all MSS. See sutt. 70, 71. (pts note) | samannāgatā → ducc- sam-, intentionally omitted in D. E. (pts note) | samannāgatā → Not omitted in D. E. See sutt. 70, 71. (pts note) | atikkantamānusakena → -mānussakena, B. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | paraṁ maraṇā → parammaraṇā (bjt, th, pts) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (th, pts) | paraṁ maraṇā → param-maraṇā (pts) | upapannāti → upapannā ti (pts)
“Then again, the monk sees–by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human–beings passing away & re-appearing, and he discerns how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their actions: ‘These beings–who were endowed with bodily misconduct, verbal misconduct, & mental misconduct; who reviled noble ones, held wrong views and undertook actions under the influence of wrong views– at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a plane of deprivation, a bad destination, a lower realm, hell. But these beings–who were endowed with bodily good conduct, verbal good conduct, & mental good conduct; who did not revile noble ones, who held right views and undertook actions under the influence of right views– at the break-up of the body, after death, have re-appeared in a good destination, a heavenly world.’ Thus–by means of the divine eye, purified & surpassing the human–he sees beings passing away & re-appearing, and discerns how they are inferior & superior, beautiful & ugly, fortunate & unfortunate in accordance with their actions.
Ayamassa dutiyā vijjā adhigatā hoti, avijjā vihatā, vijjā uppannā, tamo vihato, āloko uppanno, yathā taṁ appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato.
yathā taṁ → yathātaṁ (th) | ayamassa → ayam-assa (pts)
“This is the second knowledge he has attained. Ignorance has been destroyed; knowledge has arisen; darkness has been destroyed; light has arisen–as happens in one who remains heedful, ardent, & resolute.

Puna caparaṁ, bhikkhave, bhikkhu āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.
abhiññā → abhiññāya (pts) | paññāvimuttiṁ → -vimuttiṁ, M.; without ṁ, B. C. D. E. P. Pa.; see the same passage in sutt. 97. (pts note) | abhiññāya → abhiññā, B. C. M. (pts note) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (th, pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)
“Then again, the monk–with the ending of effluents–remains in the effluent-free awareness-release & discernment-release, directly knowing & realizing it for himself right in the here-&-now.
Ayamassa tatiyā vijjā adhigatā hoti, avijjā vihatā, vijjā uppannā, tamo vihato, āloko uppanno, yathā taṁ appamattassa ātāpino pahitattassa viharato.
yathā taṁ → yathātaṁ (th) | ayamassa → ayam-assa (pts)
“This is the third knowledge he has attained. Ignorance has been destroyed; knowledge has arisen; darkness has been destroyed; light has arisen–as happens in one who remains heedful, ardent, & resolute.
Evaṁ kho ahaṁ, bhikkhave, dhammena tevijjaṁ brāhmaṇaṁ paññāpemi, nāññaṁ lapitalāpanamattenā”ti.
nāññaṁ → na aññaṁ, C. M.; anaññaṁ, B. (pts note) | lapitalāpanamattenāti → lapitalāpanamattenā-ti (pts)
“It’s in this way that, with reference to Dhamma, I describe [a person as] a brahman with threefold knowledge, and not another as measured by citing & reciting.”

Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.
etamatthaṁ → etam-atthaṁ (pts)
Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
vuccati → Etam- only in M. (pts note)

“Pubbenivāsaṁ yoveti, saggāpāyañca passati;
yoveti → yovedi (sabbattha) | yoveti → yo vedi (bj, cck, sya-all, pts) | yovedi → yovedi (cck: sabbattha) | vedi → vedi, for Skr. veda? A. explains it by jānāti, but Childers takes it Dhp. gāth. 423, where the same gāthā occurs, as the adj. vedī; cp. also Aṅguttara Nikāya III., 58, 6 and 59, 4. (pts note) | + → saggāpāyañca brāhmaṇaṁ paññāpemi na ca aññaṁ lapitalāpanamattena (pts) passati → passato, C. (pts note)
He knows his former lives. he sees heavens & states of woe,
Atho jātikkhayaṁ patto, abhiññāvosito muni.
Atho → atha (sya-all, pts-vp-pli1, mr) | atho → atha (sya-all, pts) | Atho → atha (cck: syā. ka.) | atha → atho, D. E. (pts note) | jātikkhayaṁ → jātikhayaṁ, B. (pts note) abhiññāvosito → abhiññādesito, C. (pts note) | abhiññāvosito → abhiññā vosito (bjt)
has attained the ending of birth, is a sage who has mastered direct-knowing.

Etāhi tīhi vijjāhi, tevijjo hoti brāhmaṇo;By means of these three knowledges he becomes a three-knowledge brahman. Tamahaṁ vadāmi tevijjaṁ, nāññaṁ lapitalāpanan”ti.
tam-ahaṁ → tasmāhaṁ, P. Pa. (pts note) nāññaṁ → naññaṁ, M.; na aññaṁ, B. C. P. Pa. (pts note) | lapitalāpananti → lapitalāpanan-ti (pts)
He’s what I call a three-knowledge man– not another, citing, reciting.

Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
Ayam-pi → M. om. pi. (pts note) | sutan-ti → Ayam- only in M. (pts note)

Dasamaṁ.
dasamaṁ → dasamaṁ vaggo (sya-all) | dasamaṁ pañcamo vaggo → tassuddānaṁ (pts)

Pañcamo vaggo.
vaggo pasāda jīvita → pāsādajīvita (sya-all) | Tass-uddānaṁ → Tassudānaṁ, M.; the other MSS. vaggassa uddānaṁ (with one d, P. Pa.) (pts note) | + → niṭṭhito (my)

Tassuddānaṁ

Pasāda jīvita saṅghāṭi, aggi upaparikkhayā;
Pasāda → pās-, B. C. D. E. (pts note) | jīvita → vijita, B.; jīvitā, D.; jīvikā, E. (pts note) | saṅghāṭi → -ti, B. C. (pts note) | pasāda jīvita saṅghāṭi → pasādajīvitasaṅghāṭi (bjt) | pasāda jīvita → pāsādajīvita (th)
Upapatti kāma kalyāṇaṁ, dānaṁ dhammena te dasāti.
Upapatti → uppatti (cck: sī.) tikanipātaṁ → Tikka-, B. M. P. Pa. (pts note) | dasāti → dasā-ti tikanipātaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ cat vuttaṁ hetaṁ (pts)

Tikanipāto niṭṭhito.
+ → itivuttake catukkanipāto vuttaṁ hetaṁ (th)

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