Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ me → evam-me (pts)So I have heard. ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā vesāliyaṁ viharati mahāvane kūṭāgārasālāyaṁ.At one time the Buddha was staying near Vesālī, at the Great Wood, in the hall with the peaked roof.

Tena kho pana samayena vacchagotto paribbājako ekapuṇḍarīke paribbājakārāme paṭivasati.Now at that time the wanderer Vacchagotta was residing in the Single Lotus monastery for the wanderers.

Atha kho bhagavā pubbaṇhasamayaṁ nivāsetvā pattacīvaramādāya vesāliṁ piṇḍāya pāvisi.
pattacīvaramādāya vesāliṁ → pattacīvaraṁ ādāya vesāliyaṁ (bj) | pubbaṇhasamayaṁ → pubbanhasamayaṁ (pts)Then the Buddha robed up in the morning and, taking his bowl and robe, entered Vesālī for alms. Atha kho bhagavato etadahosi:Then it occurred to him, “atippago kho tāva vesāliyaṁ piṇḍāya carituṁ;“It’s too early to wander for alms in Vesālī. yannūnāhaṁ yena ekapuṇḍarīko paribbājakārāmo yena vacchagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkameyyan”ti.
yannūnāhaṁ → yaṁnūnāhaṁ (my) | tenupasaṅkameyyanti → ten upasaṅkameyyan-ti (pts)Why don’t I visit the wanderer Vacchagotta at the Single Lotus Monastery?” Atha kho bhagavā yena ekapuṇḍarīko paribbājakārāmo yena vacchagotto paribbājako tenupasaṅkami.
tenupasaṅkami → ten upasaṅkami (pts)So that’s what he did.

Addasā kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ dūratova āgacchantaṁ.
dūratova → dūrato (th) | dūratova → dūrato va (pts)Vacchagotta saw the Buddha coming off in the distance, Disvāna bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
disvāna → disvā (th) | etadavoca → etad-avoca (pts)and said to him, “Etu kho, bhante, bhagavā.“Let the Blessed One come, sir! Svāgataṁ, bhante, bhagavato.
svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (pts) | Svāgataṁ → sāgataṁ (cck: sī. pī.)Welcome to the Blessed One, sir! Cirassaṁ kho, bhante, bhagavā imaṁ pariyāyamakāsi yadidaṁ idhāgamanāya.
pariyāyamakāsi → pariyāyam-akāsi (pts) | idhāgamanāya → idh āgamanāya (pts)It’s been a long time since you took the opportunity to come here. Nisīdatu, bhante, bhagavā idamāsanaṁ paññattan”ti.
idamāsanaṁ paññattanti → idam-āsanaṁ paññattan-ti (pts)Please, sir, sit down, here, a seat is ready.”

Nisīdi bhagavā paññatte āsane.The Buddha sat down on the seat spread out, Vacchagottopi kho paribbājako aññataraṁ nīcaṁ āsanaṁ gahetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi.
vacchagottopi → vacchagottāpi (bj) | vacchagottopi → vacchagotto pi (pts)while Vacchagotta took a low seat and sat to one side. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:Then Vacchagotta said to the Buddha:

“sutaṁ metaṁ, bhante:
sutaṁ metaṁ → sutametaṁ (th)“Sir, I have heard this: ‘samaṇo gotamo sabbaññū sabbadassāvī, aparisesaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paṭijānāti,
aparisesaṁ → aparise saṁ (my)‘The ascetic Gotama claims to be all-knowing and all-seeing, to know and see everything without exception, thus: carato ca me tiṭṭhato ca suttassa ca jāgarassa ca satataṁ samitaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paccupaṭṭhitan’ti.
paccupaṭṭhitanti → paccupaṭṭhitan-ti (pts)“Knowledge and vision are constantly and continually present to me, while walking, standing, sleeping, and waking.”’ Ye te, bhante, evamāhaṁsu: ‘samaṇo gotamo sabbaññū sabbadassāvī, aparisesaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paṭijānāti, carato ca me tiṭṭhato ca suttassa ca jāgarassa ca satataṁ samitaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paccupaṭṭhitan’ti, kacci te, bhante, bhagavato vuttavādino, na ca bhagavantaṁ abhūtena abbhācikkhanti, dhammassa cānudhammaṁ byākaronti, na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānuvādo gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgacchatī”ti?
evamāhaṁsu → evam-āhaṁsu (pts)I trust those who say this repeat what the Buddha has said, and do not misrepresent him with an untruth? Is their explanation in line with the teaching? Are there any legitimate grounds for rebuttal and criticism?”

“Ye te, vaccha, evamāhaṁsu: ‘samaṇo gotamo sabbaññū sabbadassāvī, aparisesaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paṭijānāti, carato ca me tiṭṭhato ca suttassa ca jāgarassa ca satataṁ samitaṁ ñāṇadassanaṁ paccupaṭṭhitan’ti, na me te vuttavādino, abbhācikkhanti ca pana maṁ asatā abhūtenā”ti.
maṁ → maṁ te (bj, sya-all, pts) | maṁ → mante (th) | evamāhaṁsu → evam-āhaṁsu (pts) | paccupaṭṭhitanti → paccupaṭṭhitan-ti (pts) | maṁ → man-te (pts)“Vaccha, those who say this do not repeat what I have said. They misrepresent me with what is false and untrue.”

“Kathaṁ byākaramānā pana mayaṁ, bhante, vuttavādino ceva bhagavato assāma, na ca bhagavantaṁ abhūtena abbhācikkheyyāma, dhammassa cānudhammaṁ byākareyyāma, na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānuvādo gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgaccheyyā”ti?
ceva → eva (pts)“So how should we answer so as to repeat what the Buddha has said, and not misrepresent him with an untruth? How should we explain in line with his teaching, with no legitimate grounds for rebuttal and criticism?”

“‘Tevijjo samaṇo gotamo’ti kho, vaccha, byākaramāno vuttavādī ceva me assa, na ca maṁ abhūtena abbhācikkheyya, dhammassa cānudhammaṁ byākareyya, na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānuvādo gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgaccheyya.
vādānuvādo → vādānupāto (bj: sīmu8) | gotamoti → gotamo ti (pts) | ceva → eva (pts)“‘The ascetic Gotama has the three knowledges.’ Answering like this you would repeat what I have said, and not misrepresent me with an untruth. You would explain in line with my teaching, and there would be no legitimate grounds for rebuttal and criticism.

Ahañhi, vaccha, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarāmi,
ahañhi → ahaṁ hi (bjt, th, pts) | yāvadeva → yāvad-e (pts)For, Vaccha, whenever I want, I recollect my many kinds of past lives. seyyathidaṁ—ekampi jātiṁ dvepi jātiyo …pe… iti sākāraṁ sauddesaṁ anekavihitaṁ pubbenivāsaṁ anussarāmi.
seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (th) | seyyathidaṁ ekampi → seyyathīdaṁ ekam-pi (pts) | dvepi → dve pi (pts)That is: one, two, three, four, five, ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, a hundred, a thousand, a hundred thousand rebirths; many eons of the world contracting, many eons of the world expanding, many eons of the world contracting and expanding. I remember: ‘There, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn somewhere else. There, too, I was named this, my clan was that, I looked like this, and that was my food. This was how I felt pleasure and pain, and that was how my life ended. When I passed away from that place I was reborn here.’ And so I recollect my many kinds of past lives, with features and details.

Ahañhi, vaccha, yāvadeva ākaṅkhāmi dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena satte passāmi cavamāne upapajjamāne hīne paṇīte suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe sugate duggate …pe… yathākammūpage satte pajānāmi.
ahañhi → ahaṁ hi (bjt, th, pts) | yāvadeva → yāvad-e (pts)And whenever I want, with clairvoyance that is purified and superhuman, I see sentient beings passing away and being reborn—inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, in a good place or a bad place. I understand how sentient beings pass on according to their deeds.

Ahañhi, vaccha, āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmi.
ahañhi → ahaṁ hi (bjt, th, pts) | diṭṭheva → diṭṭhe va (pts)And I have realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom. I live having realized it with my own insight in this very life due to the ending of defilements.

‘Tevijjo samaṇo gotamo’ti kho, vaccha, byākaramāno vuttavādī ceva me assa, na ca maṁ abhūtena abbhācikkheyya, dhammassa cānudhammaṁ byākareyya, na ca koci sahadhammiko vādānuvādo gārayhaṁ ṭhānaṁ āgaccheyyā”ti.
vādānuvādo → vādānupāto (bj: sīmu8) | gotamoti → gotamo ti (pts) | ceva → eva (pts)‘The ascetic Gotama has the three knowledges.’ Answering like this you would repeat what I have said, and not misrepresent me with an untruth. You would explain in line with my teaching, and there would be no legitimate grounds for rebuttal and criticism.”

Evaṁ vutte, vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:When he said this, the wanderer Vacchagotta said to the Buddha, “atthi nu kho, bho gotama, koci gihī gihisaṁyojanaṁ appahāya kāyassa bhedā dukkhassantakaro”ti?
gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihīsaññojanaṁ (bj) | dukkhassantakaroti → dukkhass antaṁkaro ti (pts) | dukkhassantakaro’ti → dukkhassantaṁ karoti (bj: sīmu8) | gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihisaññojanaṁ (th)“Worthy Gotama, are there any laypeople who, without giving up the fetter of lay life, make an end of suffering when the body breaks up?”

“Natthi kho, vaccha, koci gihī gihisaṁyojanaṁ appahāya kāyassa bhedā dukkhassantakaro”ti.
gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihīsaññojanaṁ (bj) | dukkhassantakaroti → dukkhass antaṁkaro ti (pts) | dukkhassantakaro’ti → dukkhassantaṁ karoti (bj: sīmu8) | gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihisaññojanaṁ (th) | natthi → na-tthi (pts)“No, Vaccha.”

“Atthi pana, bho gotama, koci gihī gihisaṁyojanaṁ appahāya kāyassa bhedā saggūpago”ti?
gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihīsaṁyojanaṁ (bj) | gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihisaññojanaṁ (th) | saggūpagoti → saggūpago ti (pts)“But are there any laypeople who, without giving up the fetter of lay life, go to heaven when the body breaks up?”

“Na kho, vaccha, ekaṁyeva sataṁ na dve satāni na tīṇi satāni na cattāri satāni na pañca satāni, atha kho bhiyyova ye gihī gihisaṁyojanaṁ appahāya kāyassa bhedā saggūpagā”ti.
atha kho → atthi kho | gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihīsaññojanaṁ (bj) | saggūpagā’’ti → ‘‘atthi kho vaccha koci gihī gihisaṁyojanaṁ appahāya kāyassa bhedā saggūpagoti’’ (cck: ka.) | ekaṁyeva → ekaññeva (bjt) | gihisaṁyojanaṁ → gihisaññojanaṁ (th) | ekaṁyeva → ekaṁ yeva (pts) | bhiyyova → bhiyyo va (pts) | saggūpagāti → saggūpagā ti (pts)“There’s not just one hundred laypeople, Vaccha, or two or three or four or five hundred, but many more than that who, without giving up the fetter of lay life, go to heaven when the body breaks up.”

“Atthi nu kho, bho gotama, koci ājīvako kāyassa bhedā dukkhassantakaro”ti?
ājīvako → ājīviko (mr) | dukkhassantakaroti → dukkhass antaṁkaro ti (pts) | ājīvako → ājīviko (cck: ka.)“Worthy Gotama, are there any Ājīvaka ascetics who make an end of suffering when the body breaks up?”

“Natthi kho, vaccha, koci ājīvako kāyassa bhedā dukkhassantakaro”ti.
dukkhassantakaroti → dukkhass antaṁkaro ti (pts) | natthi → na-tthi (pts)“No, Vaccha.”

“Atthi pana, bho gotama, koci ājīvako kāyassa bhedā saggūpago”ti?
saggūpagoti → saggūpago ti (pts)“But are there any Ājīvaka ascetics who go to heaven when the body breaks up?”

“Ito kho so, vaccha, ekanavuto kappo yamahaṁ anussarāmi, nābhijānāmi kañci ājīvakaṁ saggūpagaṁ aññatra ekena;
kho so, vaccha, ekanavuto kappo → ito kho vaccha ekanavute kappe (mr) | kappo → ito ko vaccha ekanavute kappe (cck: ka.)“Vaccha, when I recollect the past ninety-one eons, I can’t find any Ājīvaka ascetics who have gone to heaven, except one; sopāsi kammavādī kiriyavādī”ti.
sopāsi → so cāpi (sya-all) | sopāsi → so p āsi (pts) | kiriyavādīti → kiriyavādī ti (pts)and he taught the efficacy of deeds and action.”

“Evaṁ sante, bho gotama, suññaṁ aduṁ titthāyatanaṁ antamaso saggūpagenapī”ti?
saggūpagenapīti → saggūpagenāpīti (bj); saggūpagenāti (sya-all) | aduṁ titthāyatanaṁ → adun-titthāyatanaṁ (pts) | saggūpagenapīti → saggūpagena pīti (pts)“In that case, worthy Gotama, that sectarian fold is empty even of the chance to go to heaven.”

“Evaṁ, vaccha, suññaṁ aduṁ titthāyatanaṁ antamaso saggūpagenapī”ti.
evaṁ → evaṁ sante (bj, pts) | saggūpagenapīti → saggūpagenāpīti (bj, sya-all) | aduṁ titthāyatanaṁ → aduntitthāyatanaṁ (pts) | saggūpagenapīti → saggūpagena pīti (pts)“Yes, Vaccha, that sectarian fold is empty even of the chance to go to heaven.”

Idamavoca bhagavā.
idamavoca → idam-avoca (pts)That is what the Buddha said. Attamano vacchagotto paribbājako bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.
abhinandīti → abinandīti (pts)Satisfied, the wanderer Vacchagotta approved what the Buddha said.

Tevijjavacchasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ.
paṭhamaṁ → tevijjavacchasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ paṭhamaṁ (bj: machasaṁ) | tevijjavacchasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ → tevijjavacchagotta suttaṁ (bjt) | tevijjavacchasuttaṁ → cūḷavacchagottasuttaṁ (th)