Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ → evam (pts)I have heard ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā nāḷandāyaṁ viharati pāvārikambavane.
nāḷandāyaṁ → nālandāyaṁ (sya-all) | Pāvārikambavane → Sct Pavārik-. (pts note)that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying at Nālandā in Pāvārika’s mango grove.

Atha kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭo → kevaḍḍho (bj); kevaddho (pts) | kevaḍḍho → kevaṭṭo (bj: sīmu) | Kevaddho → Bm Kevaḍḍho (Sc occasionally Kevaṭṭo). (pts note) | atha kho → athakho (th) | kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto → kevaddho gahapati-putto (pts) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)Then Kevaṭṭa the householder approached the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down, sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to the Blessed One: “ayaṁ, bhante, nāḷandā iddhā ceva phītā ca bahujanā ākiṇṇamanussā bhagavati abhippasannā.
nāḷandā → nālandā (sya-all) | phītā → MSS. pītā. (pts note) | ceva → eva (pts) | ākiṇṇamanussā → ākiṇṇa-manussā (pts)“Lord, this Nālandā is powerful, both prosperous and populous, filled with people who have faith in the Blessed One. Sādhu, bhante, bhagavā ekaṁ bhikkhuṁ samādisatu, yo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati;
uttari manussadhammā → uttarimanussadhammā (my, bjt, th) | uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → uttari-manussadhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)It would be good if the Blessed One were to direct a monk to display a miracle of psychic power from his superior human state evāyaṁ nāḷandā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavati abhippasīdissatī”ti.
nāḷandā → nālandā (sya-all) | bhiyyoso mattāya → bhiyyosomattāya (bjt)so that Nālandā would to an even greater extent have faith in the Blessed One.”

Evaṁ vutte, bhagavā kevaṭṭaṁ gahapatiputtaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭaṁ → kevaḍḍhaṁ (bj); kevaddhaṁ (pts) | kevaṭṭaṁ gahapatiputtaṁ etadavoca → kevaddhaṁ gahapati-puttaṁ etad avoca (pts)When this was said, the Blessed One said to Kevaṭṭa the householder, “na kho ahaṁ, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ dhammaṁ desemi:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts)“Kevaṭṭa, I don’t teach the monks in this way: ‘etha tumhe, bhikkhave, gihīnaṁ odātavasanānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karothā’”ti.
uttari manussadhammā → uttarimanussadhammā (my, bjt, th) | uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → uttari-manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)‘Come, monks, display a miracle of psychic power to the lay people clad in white.’”

Dutiyampi kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭo → kevaḍḍho (bj); kevaddho (pts) | dutiyampi → dutiyam pi (pts) | kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto → kevaddho gahapati-putto (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)A second time.… “nāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ dhaṁsemi;
dhaṁsemi api ca → ṭhapesiṁ apica (sya-all) | dhaṁsemi → Sc dhammaṁ desemi; Sd desemi (each twice). (pts note) api ca evaṁ vadāmi:
api ca → apica (th) ‘ayaṁ, bhante, nāḷandā iddhā ceva phītā ca bahujanā ākiṇṇamanussā bhagavati abhippasannā.
nāḷandā → nālandā (sya-all) | ākiṇṇa-manussā → Sd twice adds subhikkhā va (as in M. P. S. p. 55). (pts note) | ceva → eva (pts) Sādhu, bhante, bhagavā ekaṁ bhikkhuṁ samādisatu, yo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati;
uttari manussadhammā → uttarimanussadhammā (my, bjt, th) | uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → uttarimanussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts) evāyaṁ nāḷandā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavati abhippasīdissatī’”ti.
nāḷandā → nālandā (sya-all) | bhiyyoso mattāya → bhiyyosomattāya (bjt) | abhippasīdissatīti → abhipasīdissatīti (pts) Dutiyampi kho bhagavā kevaṭṭaṁ gahapatiputtaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭaṁ → kevaḍḍhaṁ (bj); kevaddhaṁ (pts) | dutiyampi → dutiyam pi (pts) | kevaṭṭaṁ gahapatiputtaṁ etadavoca → kevaddhaṁ gahapati-puttaṁ etad avoca (pts) “na kho ahaṁ, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhūnaṁ evaṁ dhammaṁ desemi:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) ‘etha tumhe, bhikkhave, gihīnaṁ odātavasanānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karothā’”ti.
uttari manussadhammā → uttarimanussadhammā (my, bjt) | odātavasanānaṁ uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → odāta-vasanānaṁ uttari-manussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)

Tatiyampi kho kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭo → kevaḍḍho (bj); kevaddho (pts) | tatiyampi → tatiyam pi (pts) | kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto → kevaddho gahapati-putto (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)A third time, Kevaṭṭa the householder said to the Blessed One: “nāhaṁ, bhante, bhagavantaṁ dhaṁsemi;“I won’t argue with the Blessed One, api ca evaṁ vadāmi:but I tell you: ‘ayaṁ, bhante, nāḷandā iddhā ceva phītā ca bahujanā ākiṇṇamanussā bhagavati abhippasannā.
ceva → eva (pts) | ākiṇṇamanussā → ākiṇṇa-manussā (pts)Lord, this Nālandā is powerful, both prosperous and populous, filled with people who have faith in the Blessed One. Sādhu, bhante, bhagavā ekaṁ bhikkhuṁ samādisatu, yo uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ karissati.
uttari manussadhammā → uttarimanussadhammā (my, bjt) | uttari manussadhammā iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → uttarimanussa-dhammā iddhi-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)It would be good if the Blessed One were to direct a monk to display a miracle of psychic power from his superior human state Evāyaṁ nāḷandā bhiyyoso mattāya bhagavati abhippasīdissatī’”ti.
bhiyyoso mattāya → bhiyyosomattāya (bjt)so that Nālandā would to an even greater extent have faith in the Blessed One.” A third time, the Blessed One said to Kevaṭṭa the householder, “Kevaṭṭa, I don’t teach the monks in this way: ‘Come, monks, display a miracle of psychic power to the lay people clad in white.’

1. IddhipāṭihāriyaThe Miracle of Psychic Power

“Tīṇi kho imāni, kevaṭṭa, pāṭihāriyāni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditāni.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts)“Kevaṭṭa, there are these three miracles that I have declared, having directly known and realized them for myself. Katamāni tīṇi?Which three? Iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ, ādesanāpāṭihāriyaṁ, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ.
anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanīpāṭihāriyanti (bj); anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all) | ādesanāpāṭihāriyaṁ anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṁ anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)The miracle of psychic power, the miracle of telepathy, and the miracle of instruction.

Katamañca, kevaṭṭa, iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ?
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | katamañca kevaṭṭa iddhipāṭihāriyaṁ → katamañ ca kevaddha iddhi pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)“And what is the miracle of psychic power? Idha, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti; āvibhāvaṁ tirobhāvaṁ tirokuṭṭaṁ tiropākāraṁ tiropabbataṁ asajjamāno gacchati seyyathāpi ākāse; pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ karoti seyyathāpi udake; udakepi abhijjamāne gacchati seyyathāpi pathaviyaṁ; ākāsepi pallaṅkena kamati seyyathāpi pakkhī sakuṇo; imepi candimasūriye evaṁ mahiddhike evaṁ mahānubhāve pāṇinā parāmasati parimajjati; yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vatteti.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | āvibhāvaṁ → āvībhāvaṁ (bj) | tirokuṭṭaṁ → tirokuḍḍaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | pathaviyāpi → paṭhaviyāpi (bj, pts) | pathaviyaṁ → paṭhaviyaṁ (bj); paṭhaviyā (sya-all) | parāmasati → parimasati (bj, sya-all, pts) | pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ → paṭhaviyā ummujjanimmujjaṁ (sya-all) | udakepi abhijjamāne → udake pi abhijjamāno (pts) | imepi candimasūriye → ime pi candimasuriye (pts) | eko → SS eko pi, but see ii. 87. (pts note) | candimasūriye evaṁ mahiddhike evaṁ mahānubhāve → candimasuriye evaṁmahiddhike evaṁmahānubhāve (bjt, th) | anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ → aneka-vihitaṁ iddhi-vidhaṁ (pts) | bahudhāpi → bahudhā pi (pts) | āvibhāvaṁ tirobhāvaṁ tirokuṭṭaṁ tiropākāraṁ → āvi-bhāvaṁ tiro-bhāvaṁ tiro-kuḍḍaṁ tiro-pākāraṁ (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ → paṭhaviyā pi ummujja-nimujjaṁ (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi udake (pts) | seyyathāpi pathaviyaṁ ākāsepi → seyyathā pi paṭhaviyaṁ ākāse pi (pts) | imepi candimasūriye → ime pi candima-suriye (pts) | brahmalokāpi → brahma-lokā pi (pts) | vasaṁ vatteti → va saṁvatteti (pts)There is the case where a monk wields manifold psychic powers. Having been one he becomes many; having been many he becomes one. He appears. He vanishes. He goes unimpeded through walls, ramparts, and mountains as if through space. He dives in and out of the earth as if it were water. He walks on water without sinking as if it were dry land. Sitting cross-legged he flies through the air like a winged bird. With his hand he touches and strokes even the sun and moon, so mighty and powerful. He exercises influence with his body even as far as the Brahmā worlds.

Tamenaṁ aññataro saddho pasanno passati taṁ bhikkhuṁ anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhontaṁ—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hontaṁ, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hontaṁ; āvibhāvaṁ tirobhāvaṁ; tirokuṭṭaṁ tiropākāraṁ tiropabbataṁ asajjamānaṁ gacchantaṁ seyyathāpi ākāse; pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ karontaṁ seyyathāpi udake; udakepi abhijjamāne gacchantaṁ seyyathāpi pathaviyaṁ; ākāsepi pallaṅkena kamantaṁ seyyathāpi pakkhī sakuṇo; imepi candimasūriye evaṁ mahiddhike evaṁ mahānubhāve pāṇinā parāmasantaṁ parimajjantaṁ yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vattentaṁ.
paccanubhontaṁ ekopi → paccanasubhontaṁ ekampi (bj) | eko → ekaṁ (bj) | āvibhāvaṁ → āvībhāvaṁ (bj) | tirokuṭṭaṁ → tirokuḍḍaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | pathaviyāpi → paṭhaviyāpi (bj, pts) | pathaviyaṁ → paṭhaviyaṁ (bj); paṭhaviyā (sya-all) | parāmasantaṁ → parimasantaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts) | pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ → paṭhaviyā ummujjanimmujjaṁ (sya-all) | hontaṁ bahudhāpi → bhontaṁ bahudhā pi (pts) | hontaṁ → bhontaṁ (pts) | udakepi abhijjamāne → udake pi abhijjamānaṁ (pts) | imepi candimasūriye → ime pi candimasuriye (pts) | ekampi → eko’pi (bj: sīmu, PTS) | pakkhī sakuṇo → pakkhīsakuṇo (bjt) | candimasūriye evaṁ mahiddhike evaṁ mahānubhāve → candimasuriye evaṁmahiddhike evaṁmahānubhāve (bjt, th) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ → aneka-vihitaṁ iddhi-vidhaṁ (pts) | ekopi → eko pi (pts) | hontaṁ āvibhāvaṁ tirobhāvaṁ tirokuṭṭaṁ → bhontaṁ āvi-bhāvaṁ tiro-bhāvaṁ tiro-kuḍḍaṁ (pts) | tiropabbataṁ → tiro-pabbataṁ (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | pathaviyāpi ummujjanimujjaṁ → paṭhaviyā pi ummujja-nimujjaṁ (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi udake (pts) | seyyathāpi pathaviyaṁ ākāsepi → seyyathā pi paṭhaviyaṁ ākāse pi (pts) | imepi candimasūriye → ime pi candima-suriye (pts) | brahmalokāpi → brahma-lokā pi (pts) | vasaṁ vattentaṁ → va saṁvattentaṁ (pts)“Then someone who has faith and conviction in him sees him wielding manifold psychic powers… exercising influence with his body even as far as the Brahmā worlds.

Tamenaṁ so saddho pasanno aññatarassa assaddhassa appasannassa āroceti:
āroceti → Sd Bm ārocesi (and so in 6). (pts note) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)He reports this to someone who has no faith and no conviction, telling him, ‘acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho, samaṇassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.
abbhutaṁ → abbhūtaṁ (sya-all)‘Isn’t it awesome. Isn’t it astounding, how great the power, how great the prowess of this contemplative. Amāhaṁ bhikkhuṁ addasaṁ anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhontaṁ—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hontaṁ, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hontaṁ …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vattentan’ti.
ekopi → ekampi (bj) | eko → ekampi (bj) | amāhaṁ → imāhaṁ (sya-all) | ti → All MSS. saṁvattentaṁ (without ti). (pts note) | amāhaṁ → amāham (pts) | anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ → aneka-vihitaṁ iddhi-vidhaṁ (pts) | ekopi → eko pi (pts) | hontaṁ bahudhāpi hutvā eko hontaṁ → bhontam (pts) | brahmalokāpi → brahma-lokā pi (pts) | vasaṁ vattentanti → va saṁvattentan ti (pts)Just now I saw him wielding manifold psychic powers… exercising influence with his body even as far as the Brahmā worlds.’

Tamenaṁ so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:
appasanno taṁ → appasaddho tam (pts) | tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)Then the person without faith, without conviction, would say to the person with faith and with conviction: ‘atthi kho, bho, gandhārī nāma vijjā.
gandhārī → gandhāri (sya-all)‘Sir, there is a charm called the Gandhāri charm Tāya so bhikkhu anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ paccanubhoti—ekopi hutvā bahudhā hoti, bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti …pe… yāva brahmalokāpi kāyena vasaṁ vattetī’ti.
bahudhāpi hutvā eko hoti → (bj, pts) | anekavihitaṁ iddhividhaṁ → aneka-vihitaṁ iddhi-vidhaṁ (pts) | ekopi → eko pi (pts) | brahmalokāpi → brahma-lokā pi (pts) | vasaṁ vattetīti → va saṁvattetīti (pts)by which the monk wielded manifold psychic powers… exercising influence with his body even as far as the Brahmā worlds.’

Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,
kiṁ maññasi kevaṭṭa → kiṁmaññasi kevaḍḍha (bj) | kevaṭṭa → kevaddha (pts) | kiṁ → kim (pts)What do you think, Kevaṭṭa? api nu so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ evaṁ vadeyyā”ti?
vadeyyāti → vadeyyā ti (bjt)Isn’t that what the man without faith, without conviction, would say to the man with faith and with conviction?”

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.
bhanteti → bhante ti (pts)“Yes, lord, that’s just what he would say.”

“Imaṁ kho ahaṁ, kevaṭṭa, iddhipāṭihāriye ādīnavaṁ sampassamāno iddhipāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | aṭṭīyāmi → aṭṭiyāmi (bj, sya-all, pts) | aṭṭiyāmi → Scm addhiyāmi Bm addh-. (pts note) | kevaṭṭa iddhipāṭihāriye → kevaddha iddhi-pāṭihāriye (pts) | iddhipāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi → iddhi-pāṭihāriyena aṭṭiyāmi (pts)“Seeing this drawback to the miracle of psychic power, Kevaṭṭa, I feel ashamed, repelled, and disgusted with the miracle of psychic power.

2. ĀdesanāpāṭihāriyaThe Miracle of Telepathy

Katamañca, kevaṭṭa, ādesanāpāṭihāriyaṁ?
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | katamañca kevaṭṭa ādesanāpāṭihāriyaṁ → katamañ ca kevaddha ādesanā-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)“And what is the miracle of telepathy? Idha, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cittampi ādisati, cetasikampi ādisati, vitakkitampi ādisati, vicāritampi ādisati:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | cittampi → cittam pi (pts) | cetasikampi → cetasikam pi (pts) | vitakkitampi → vitakkitam pi (pts) | vicāritampi → vicāritam pi (pts)There is the case where a monk reads the minds, the mental events, the thoughts, the ponderings of other beings, other individuals, (saying,) ‘evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan’ti.
evampi → evam pi (pts) | itthampi → ittham pi (pts) | itipi → iti pi (pts) | cittanti → cittan ti (pts)‘Such is your thinking, here is where your thinking is, thus is your mind.’

Tamenaṁ aññataro saddho pasanno passati taṁ bhikkhuṁ parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cittampi ādisantaṁ, cetasikampi ādisantaṁ, vitakkitampi ādisantaṁ, vicāritampi ādisantaṁ:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts) | cittampi → cittam pi (pts) | cetasikampi → cetasikam pi (pts) | vitakkitampi → vitakkitam pi (pts) | vicāritampi → vicāritam pi (pts)“Then someone who has faith and conviction in him sees him reading the minds… of other beings.… ‘evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan’ti.
evampi → evam pi (pts) | itthampi → ittham pi (pts) | itipi → iti pi (pts) | cittanti → cittan ti (pts) Tamenaṁ so saddho pasanno aññatarassa assaddhassa appasannassa āroceti:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)He reports this to someone who has no faith and no conviction, telling him, ‘acchariyaṁ vata bho, abbhutaṁ vata bho, samaṇassa mahiddhikatā mahānubhāvatā.
abbhutaṁ → abbhūtaṁ (sya-all)‘Isn’t it awesome. Isn’t it astounding, how great the power, how great the prowess of this contemplative. Amāhaṁ bhikkhuṁ addasaṁ parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cittampi ādisantaṁ, cetasikampi ādisantaṁ, vitakkitampi ādisantaṁ, vicāritampi ādisantaṁ:
amāhaṁ → imāhaṁ (sya-all) | cittampi → cittam pi (pts) | cetasikampi → cetasikam pi (pts) | vitakkitampi → vitakkitam pi (pts) | vicāritampi → vicāritam pi (pts)Just now I saw him reading the minds… of other beings.…’ “evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan”’ti.
evampi → evaṁpi (th) | cittanti → cittan ti (ms2005, pts) | evampi → evam pi (pts) | itthampi → ittham pi (pts) | itipi → iti pi (pts)

Tamenaṁ so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam enaṁ (pts)Then the person without faith, without conviction, would say to the person with faith and with conviction: ‘atthi kho, bho, maṇikā nāma vijjā;
maṇikā → maṇiko (pts) | Maṇiko → Bm Maṇikā. (pts note)‘Sir, there is a charm called the Maṇikā charm by which the monk read the minds… of other beings.…’ tāya so bhikkhu parasattānaṁ parapuggalānaṁ cittampi ādisati, cetasikampi ādisati, vitakkitampi ādisati, vicāritampi ādisati:
cittampi → cittam pi (pts) | cetasikampi → cetasikam pi (pts) “evampi te mano, itthampi te mano, itipi te cittan”’ti.
cittanti → cittan ti (ms2005, pts) | evampi → evam pi (pts) | itthampi → ittham pi (pts) | itipi → iti pi (pts)

Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, kevaṭṭa,
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | kiṁ → kim (pts)What do you think, Kevaṭṭa? api nu so assaddho appasanno taṁ saddhaṁ pasannaṁ evaṁ vadeyyā”ti?
saṁ → mehi ‘saṁ’ væḍipura vacanayak lesa yedī æti bava peneyi (bj note) | vadeyyāti → vadeyyā ti (bjt)Isn’t that what the man without faith, without conviction, would say to the man with faith and with conviction?”

“Vadeyya, bhante”ti.
bhanteti → bhante ti (pts)“Yes, lord, that’s just what he would say.”

“Imaṁ kho ahaṁ, kevaṭṭa, ādesanāpāṭihāriye ādīnavaṁ sampassamāno ādesanāpāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi harāyāmi jigucchāmi.
kevaṭṭa ādesanāpāṭihāriye → kevaḍḍha ādesanā pāṭihāriye (bj) | aṭṭīyāmi → aṭṭiyāmi (bj, sya-all, pts) | kevaṭṭa → kevaddha (pts) | kevaṭṭa ādesanāpāṭihāriye → kevaddha ādesanā-pāṭihāriye (pts) | ādesanāpāṭihāriyena aṭṭīyāmi → ādesanā-pāṭihāriyena aṭṭiyāmi (pts)“Seeing this drawback to the miracle of telepathy, Kevaṭṭa, I feel horrified, humiliated, and disgusted with the miracle of telepathy.

3. AnusāsanīpāṭihāriyaThe Miracle of Instruction

Katamañca, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ?
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all) | katamañca kevaṭṭa anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → katamañ ca kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)“And what is the miracle of instruction? Idha, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu evamanusāsati:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | evamanusāsati → evam anusāsati (pts)There is the case where a monk gives instruction in this way: ‘evaṁ vitakketha, mā evaṁ vitakkayittha, evaṁ manasikarotha, mā evaṁ manasākattha, idaṁ pajahatha, idaṁ upasampajja viharathā’ti.
manasākattha → manasikarotha (sya-all) | evaṁ → evam (pts) | idaṁ → idam (pts)‘Direct your thought in this way, don’t direct it in that. Attend to things in this way, don’t attend to them in that. Let go of this, enter and remain in that.’ Idaṁ vuccati, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ.
idaṁ → idampi (bj, pts) | kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all) | kevaṭṭa anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → kevaddha anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)This, Kevaṭṭa, is called the miracle of instruction.

Puna caparaṁ, kevaṭṭa, idha tathāgato loke uppajjati arahaṁ sammāsambuddho …pe…
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | caparaṁ kevaṭṭa → ca paraṁ kevaddha (pts) | rajāpatho → rajopatho (bj: katthaci) | Sāmañña-phale → Bm phalaṁ (D. ii. 40-74). (pts note) | + → yathā anucchedesu evaṁ vitthāretabbaṁ (my) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt) | + → yathā sāmaññaphale (th) | + → yathā sāmañña-phale (pts)“Then there is the case where a Tathāgata appears in the world, worthy and rightly self-awakened... Evaṁ kho, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu sīlasampanno hoti …pe…
ārācārī → anācāri (bj: machasaṁ) | theto → ṭheto (bj: syā) | vācaṁ → pisuṇāvācaṁ (bj: PTS) | anuppadātā → appadātā (bj: PTS) | samaggārāmo → samaggarāmo (bj: machasaṁ) | vācaṁ → pharusāvācaṁ (bj: PTS, sitri) | pemanīyā → pemaniyā (bj: machasaṁ) | tathārūpiṁ → evarūpiṁ (bj: PTS, sitri) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt)“When he has thus gone forth, he lives restrained by the rules of the monastic code... paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ → kevaddha anusāsani-pāṭihāriyaṁ catutthajjhānaṁ (pts)he enters and remains in the first jhāna... Idampi vuccati, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ …pe…
pe → D. ii. 81, 82. (pts note) | idampi → idaṁpi (th) | anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (th)“This, too, is called the miracle of instruction...

dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe…
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)he enters and remains in the second jhāna... tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ …pe…
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)He enters and remains in the third jhāna... catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.he enters and remains in the fourth jhāna... Idampi vuccati, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ …pe…
idampi → idaṁ (sya-all) | anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all)“This, too, is called the miracle of instruction.

ñāṇadassanāya cittaṁ abhinīharati abhininnāmeti …pe…
abhininnāmeti → (pts) | pe → D. ii. 83. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt) | + → idaṁ (th) | ñāṇadassanāya → ñāṇa-dassanāya (pts)Insight Knowledge, etc. “With his mind thus concentrated, purified, & bright, unblemished, free from defects, pliant, malleable, steady, & attained to imperturbability, he directs and inclines it to knowledge & vision… to creating a mind-made body… to the modes of supranormal powers… to the divine ear-element… to knowledge of the awareness of other beings… to knowledge of the recollection of past lives… to knowledge of the passing away & re-appearance of beings… to the knowledge of the ending of effluents. He discerns, as it has come to be, that ‘This is stress… This is the origination of stress… This is the cessation of stress… This is the way leading to the cessation of stress… These are effluents… This is the origination of effluents… idampi vuccati, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ …pe…
idampi vuccati kevaṭṭa anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → evaṁ pajānāti (bj) | anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all) | kevaṭṭa → kevaddha (pts) | idampi → idam pi (pts) | kevaṭṭa anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → kevaddha anusāsanī-pāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)This, too, is called the miracle of instruction...

nāparaṁ itthattāyāti pajānāti …pe…
pajānāti → Bm adds . . . pa . . . (pts note) | + → idaṁ (bjt, th, pts)There is nothing further for this world.’ idampi vuccati, kevaṭṭa, anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | kevaṭṭa anusāsanīpāṭihāriyaṁ → anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (sya-all); kevaddha anusāsanipāṭihāriyaṁ (pts)This, too, is called the miracle of instruction.

Imāni kho, kevaṭṭa, tīṇi pāṭihāriyāni mayā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā paveditāni.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts)“These are the three miracles that I declare, Kevaṭṭa, having directly known and realized them for myself.

4. BhūtanirodhesakabhikkhuvatthuConversations with the devas

Bhūtapubbaṁ, kevaṭṭa, imasmiññeva bhikkhusaṅghe aññatarassa bhikkhuno evaṁ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | kevaṭṭa imasmiññeva → kevaddha imasmiṁ yeva (pts) | imasmiññeva → imasmiṁyeva (th) | bhikkhusaṅghe → bhikkhusaṁghe (ms2005) | kevaṭṭa imasmiññeva bhikkhusaṅghe → kevaddha imasmiṁ yeva bhikkhu-saṁghe (pts)“Once, Kevaṭṭa, this train of thought arose in the awareness of a certain monk in this very Saṅgha of monks: ‘kattha nu kho ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | kho → kathannu kho (sya-all: sī.) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?’

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu tathārūpaṁ samādhiṁ samāpajji, yathāsamāhite citte devayāniyo maggo pāturahosi.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | atha kho so → athakho (sya-all) | yathāsamāhite → yathā samāhite (th, pts) | tathārūpaṁ → tathā-rūpaṁ (pts) | pāturahosi → pātur ahosi (pts)Then he attained to such a state of concentration that the way leading to the devas appeared in his concentrated mind. Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena cātumahārājikā devā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā cātumahārājike deve etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | cātumahārājikā → cātummahārājikā (bjt, th, pts) | cātumahārājike → cātummahārājike (bjt, th) | atha kho → athakho (th) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā cātumahārājike → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā cātummahārājike (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So he approached the Devas of the Retinue of the Four Great Kings and, on arrival, asked them, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (bjt) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Friends, where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?’

Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, cātumahārājikā devā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ:
kevaṭṭa cātumahārājikā → kevaḍḍha cātummahārājikā (bj); kevaddha cātummahārājikā (pts) | bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ → bhikkhum etad avocuṁ (pts)“When this was said, the Devas of the Retinue of the Four Great Kings said to the monk, ‘mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma:
mayampi → mayaṁpi (th) | mayampi → mayam pi (pts)‘We also don’t know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
vāyodhātū”ti → vāyodhātu (pts1ed) evamuparipi | pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātu (pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātu. atthi kho (cck: pī. evamuparipi) | vāyo-dhātu → All MSS. here dhātūti, and so BB throughout, but SS omit from 71 onwards. (pts note) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. Atthi kho, bhikkhu, cattāro mahārājāno amhehi abhikkantatarā ca paṇītatarā ca.
kho → vāyodhātu. atthi kho (cck: pī. evamuparipi) | Mahārājā → BB -rājāno thrice; SS -rājā thrice (Sum. rājā and BB rāje in 69). (pts note)But there are the Four Great Kings who are higher and more sublime than we. Te kho etaṁ jāneyyuṁ:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all, pts)They should know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace.’

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena cattāro mahārājāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā cattāro mahārāje etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | mahārāje → mahārājāno (sya-all) | mahārājāno tenupasaṅkami → mahārājā ten upasaṁkami (pts) | atha kho → athakho (th) | mahārājāno tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → mahārājā ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“So the monk approached the Four Great Kings and, on arrival, asked them, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo dhātūti (pts)‘Friends, where do these four great elements… cease without trace?’ Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, cattāro mahārājāno taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | mahārājāno → mahārājā (pts) | etadavocuṁ → etad avocuṁ (pts)“When this was said, the Four Great Kings said to the monk, ‘mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma:
mayampi → mayaṁpi (th) | mayampi → mayam pi (pts)‘We also don’t know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu, āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī dhātu (pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātu (pts) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. Atthi kho, bhikkhu, tāvatiṁsā nāma devā amhehi abhikkantatarā ca paṇītatarā ca.
Tāvatiṁsā → See M. i. 289. etc. 217 1 Bm pa Suyāmo nāma devaputto, Tussītā nāma devā, Santussito nāma deva-putto down to Vasavatti devaputto, 78. (pts note)But there are the Devas of the Thirty-three who are higher and more sublime than we. Te kho etaṁ jāneyyuṁ:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all, pts)They should know.…’ “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts) Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena tāvatiṁsā devā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā tāvatiṁse deve etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | tāvatiṁsā → tāvatiṅsā (pts) | tāvatiṁse → tāvatiṅse (pts) | atha kho → athakho (th) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā tāvatiṁse → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā tāvatiṅse (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“So the monk approached the Devas of the Thirty-three and, on arrival, asked them, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Friends, where do these four great elements… cease without trace?’ Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, tāvatiṁsā devā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | kevaṭṭa tāvatiṁsā → kevaddha tāvatiṅsā (pts) | etadavocuṁ → etad avocuṁ (pts)“When this was said, the Devas of the Thirty-three said to the monk, ‘mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma:
mayampi → mayaṁpi (th) | mayampi → mayam pi (pts)‘We also don’t know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo dhātu (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. Atthi kho, bhikkhu, sakko nāma devānamindo amhehi abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.
nāma → (sya-all) | devānamindo → devānam indo (pts)But there is Sakka, the ruler of the devas, who is higher and more sublime than we. So kho etaṁ jāneyya:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all)He should know.…’ “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)“So the monk approached Sakka, the ruler of the devas, and, on arrival, asked him, Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena sakko devānamindo tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā sakkaṁ devānamindaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | atha kho → athakho (th) | devānamindo tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → devānam indo ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | devānamindaṁ etadavoca → devānam indaṁ etad avoca (pts)‘Friend, where do these four great elements… cease without trace?’ ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | ime → (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)“When this was said, Sakka, the ruler of the devas, said to the monk, Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, sakko devānamindo taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | devānamindo → devānam indo (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)‘I also don’t know ‘ahampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāmi:
ahampi → ahaṁpi (th) | ahampi → aham pi (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → sey yathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts) Atthi kho, bhikkhu, yāmā nāma devā …pe…
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)But there are the Yāma devas [Devas of the Hours] who are higher and more sublime than I. They should know.…’.… “The Yāma devas said, ‘We also don’t know.… suyāmo nāma devaputto …
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)But there is the deva named Suyāma.… He should know.… ’ .… “Suyāma said, ‘I also don’t know.… tusitā nāma devā …
Tusitā → Bm Tussītā. (pts note)But there are the Tusita devas.…  They should know.… ’.… “The Tusita devas said, ‘We also don’t know.… santussito nāma devaputto …
Santusito → Bm Santussito. (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt, pts)But there is the deva named Santusita.… He should know.… ’.… “Santusita said, ‘I also don’t know.… nimmānaratī nāma devā …
Atha → SS evaṁ (here only). (pts note) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt)But there are the Nimmānaratī devas.… They should know.… ’ .… “The Nimmānaratī devas [devas who delight in creation] said, ‘We also don’t know.… sunimmito nāma devaputto …
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)But there is the deva named Sunimmita.… He should know.… ’ .… “Sunimmita said, ‘I also don’t know.… paranimmitavasavattī nāma devā …
pe → spelled out in full (bjt)But there are the Paranimmitavasavattī devas [Devas Wielding control over the creations of others].… They should know.… ’ .… “The Paranimmitavasavattī devas said, ‘We also don’t know.… vasavattī nāma devaputto amhehi abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.
vasavattī → paranimmitavasavatti (th) | vasavattī nāma devaputto → putto (pts)But there is the deva named Vasavatti.… So kho etaṁ jāneyya:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all)He should know.… ’ .… “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts) Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena vasavattī devaputto tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā vasavattiṁ devaputtaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all); suyāmo (pts) | vasavattiṁ → suyāmaṁ (pts) | Vasavattiṁ → Bm Vasavatti- (as SS at xiii. 36). (pts note) | atha kho → athakho (th) | devaputto tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā → deva-putto ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | devaputtaṁ etadavoca → deva-puttaṁ etad avoca (pts)“So the monk approached the deva Vassavatti and, on arrival, asked him, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Friend, where do these four great elements… cease without trace?’ Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, vasavattī devaputto taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj) | vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | kevaṭṭa → kevaddha (pts) | devaputto → deva-putto (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“When this was said, the deva Vassavatti said to the monk, ‘ahampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāmi:
ahampi → ahaṁpi (th) | ahampi → aham pi (pts)‘I also don’t know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | aparisesā → aparisā (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. Atthi kho, bhikkhu, brahmakāyikā nāma devā amhehi abhikkantatarā ca paṇītatarā ca.
brahmakāyikā → brahma-kāyikā (pts)But there are the Devas of Brahmā’s Retinue who are higher and more sublime than I. Te kho etaṁ jāneyyuṁ:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all)They should know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace’.…

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu tathārūpaṁ samādhiṁ samāpajji, yathāsamāhite citte brahmayāniyo maggo pāturahosi.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | samāpajji → SS samāpajjitvā. (pts note) | atha kho → athakho (th) | yathāsamāhite → yathā samāhite (th, pts) | tathārūpaṁ → tathā-rūpaṁ (pts) | brahmayāniyo → brahma-yāniyo (pts) | pāturahosi → pātur ahosi (pts)“Then the monk attained to such a state of concentration that the way leading to the Devas of Brahmā’s Retinue appeared in his concentrated mind. Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena brahmakāyikā devā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā brahmakāyike deve etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | atha kho → athakho (th) | brahmakāyikā → brahma-kāyikā (pts) | tenupasaṅkami upasaṅkamitvā brahmakāyike → ten upasaṁkami upasaṁkamitvā brahma-kāyike (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)So he approached the Devas of Brahmā’s Retinue and, on arrival, asked them, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Friends, where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?’ Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, brahmakāyikā devā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocuṁ:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | kevaṭṭa brahmakāyikā → kevaddha brahma-kāyikā (pts) | etadavocuṁ → etad avocuṁ (pts)“When this was said, the Devas of Brahmā’s Retinue said to the monk, ‘mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma:
mayampi → mayaṁpi (th) | mayampi → mayam pi (pts)‘We also don’t know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | vāyo-dhātu → See D. i. 2. 5. (pts note) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace. Atthi kho, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānaṁ amhehi abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro ca.
vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | nimmātā → nimmitā (sya-all) | sajitā → sañjitā (pts) | bhūtabhabyānaṁ → bhūtābhavyānaṁ (pts) | sajitā → sañjitā (bj: katthaci) | nimmātā → SS nimmitā. (pts note) | bhūtabhabyānaṁ → bhūtabhavyānaṁ (bjt) | sajitā → sajjitā (th) | mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | aññadatthudaso → aññadatthu-daso (pts) | bhūtabhabyānaṁ → bhūtā-bhavyānaṁ (pts)But there is Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, All-Powerful, the Sovereign Lord, the Maker, Creator, Chief, Appointer, and Ruler, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. He is higher and more sublime than we. So kho etaṁ jāneyya:
etaṁ → evaṁ (sya-all)He should know “yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)where the four great elements… cease without trace.’

‘Kahaṁ panāvuso, etarahi so mahābrahmā’ti?
mahābrahmāti → mahābrahmā ti (bjt) | panāvuso → pan āvuso (pts) | mahābrahmāti → mahā-brahmā ti (pts)“‘But where, friends, is the Great Brahmā now?’ ‘Mayampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāma, yattha vā brahmā yena vā brahmā yahiṁ vā brahmā;
brahmā → brahmāti (bj) | mayampi → mayaṁpi (th) | mayampi → mayam pi (pts)“‘Monk, we also don’t know where Brahmā is or in what way Brahmā is. api ca, bhikkhu, yathā nimittā dissanti, āloko sañjāyati, obhāso pātubhavati, brahmā pātubhavissati, brahmuno hetaṁ pubbanimittaṁ pātubhāvāya, yadidaṁ āloko sañjāyati, obhāso pātubhavatī’ti.
hetaṁ pubbanimittaṁ → etaṁ pubbe nimittaṁ (pts) | api ca → apica (th) | pātubhavati → pātu bhavati (pts) | pātubhavissati → pātu bhavissati (pts) | yadidaṁ → yad idaṁ (pts) | pātubhavatīti → pātu bhavatīti (pts)But when signs appear, light shines forth, and a radiance appears, Brahmā will appear. For these are the portents of Brahmā’s appearance: Light shines forth and a radiance appears.’ Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, mahābrahmā nacirasseva pāturahosi.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | nacirasseva → na cirasseva (bjt) | atha kho → athakho (th)“Then it was not long before Brahmā appeared.

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu yena so mahābrahmā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā taṁ mahābrahmānaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | so → (bj, sya-all) | so → Bm omits. (pts note) | upasaṁkamitvā → Bm adds taṁ Mahā- (and so in 82, 83). (pts note) | atha kho → athakho (th)“So the monk approached the Great Brahmā and, on arrival, said, ‘kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)‘Friend, where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?’ Evaṁ vutte, kevaṭṭa, so mahābrahmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“When this was said, the Great Brahmā said to the monk, ‘ahamasmi, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānan’ti.
vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | nimmātā → nimmitā (sya-all) | sajitā → sañjitā (pts) | asmi → Sd ahāmasmiṁ; Scmt aham pi. (pts note) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhavyānanti (bjt) | sajitā → sajjitā (th) | ahamasmi → aham asmi (pts) | mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | aññadatthudaso → aññadatthu-daso (pts) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūta-bhavyānan ti (pts)‘I, monk, am Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, All-Powerful, the Sovereign Lord, the Maker, Creator, Chief, Appointer, and Ruler, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be.’

Dutiyampi kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu taṁ mahābrahmānaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); (pts) | kho → kho kevaddha (pts) | dutiyampi → dutiyam pi (pts) | mahābrahmānaṁ etadavoca → brah mānaṁ etad avoca (pts)A second time, the monk said to the Great Brahmā, ‘na khohaṁ taṁ, āvuso, evaṁ pucchāmi:
khohaṁ taṁ → kho ahantaṁ (sya-all) | khohaṁ → kho ahan (pts) | ahan → Bm 'haṁ (twice). (pts note)‘Friend, I didn’t ask you if you were “tvamasi brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānan”ti.
vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā → nimmitā sajjitā (sya-all) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhabyānaṁ (sya-all) | tvamasi → tvaṁ si (pts) | sajitā → sañjitā (pts) | si → Bm tvam asi (twice). (pts note) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhavyānanti (bjt) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhabyānan ti (ms2005) | mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | aññadatthudaso → aññadatthu-daso (pts) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūta-bhavyānan ti (pts)Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, All-Powerful, the Sovereign Lord, the Maker, Creator, Chief, Appointer, and Ruler, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. Evañca kho ahaṁ taṁ, āvuso, pucchāmi:
āvuso → āvuso evaṁ (sya-all) | ahaṁ taṁ → ahantaṁ (th) | evañca → evañ ca (pts) | ahaṁ → ahan (pts)I asked you “kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)where these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace.’

Dutiyampi kho so, kevaṭṭa, mahābrahmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
kho → kho kevaḍḍha (bj); kho kevaddha (pts) | kevaṭṭa → (bj, pts) | dutiyampi → dutiyam pi (pts) | kevaṭṭa mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“A second time, the Great Brahmā said to the monk, ‘ahamasmi, bhikkhu, brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānan’ti.
vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | nimmātā → nimmitā (sya-all) | sajitā → sañjitā (pts) | asmi → Scmt pi; Sd BB asmiṁ. (pts note) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhavyānanti (bjt) | sajitā → sajjitā (th) | ahamasmi → aham asmi (pts) | aññadatthudaso → aññadatthu-daso (pts) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūta-bhavyānan ti (pts)‘I, monk, am Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, All-Powerful, the Sovereign Lord, the Maker, Creator, Chief, Appointer, and Ruler, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be.’ Tatiyampi kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu taṁ mahābrahmānaṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); (pts) | kho → kho kevaddha (pts) | tatiyampi → tatiyam pi (pts) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)“A third time, the monk said to the Great Brahmā, ‘na khohaṁ taṁ, āvuso, evaṁ pucchāmi:
khohaṁ taṁ → kho ahantaṁ (sya-all) | khohaṁ → kho ahan (pts)‘Friend, I didn’t ask you if you were “tvamasi brahmā mahābrahmā abhibhū anabhibhūto aññadatthudaso vasavattī issaro kattā nimmātā seṭṭho sajitā vasī pitā bhūtabhabyānan”ti.
vasavattī → vasavatti (sya-all) | nimmātā → nimmitā (sya-all) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhabyānaṁ (sya-all) | tvamasi → tvaṁ si (pts) | sajitā → sañjitā (pts) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhavyānanti (bjt) | sajitā → sajjitā (th) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūtabhabyānan ti (ms2005) | mahābrahmā → mahā-brahmā (pts) | aññadatthudaso → aññadatthu-daso (pts) | bhūtabhabyānanti → bhūta-bhavyānan ti (pts)Brahmā, the Great Brahmā, the Conqueror, the Unconquered, the All-Seeing, All-Powerful, the Sovereign Lord, the Maker, Creator, Chief, Appointer, and Ruler, Father of All That Have Been and Shall Be. Evañca kho ahaṁ taṁ, āvuso, pucchāmi:
āvuso → āvuso evaṁ (sya-all) | ahaṁ taṁ → ahantaṁ (th) | evañca → evañ ca (pts) | ahaṁ → ahan (pts)I asked you “kattha nu kho, āvuso, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū”’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | vāyodhātūti → vāyodhātū ti (ms2005) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)where these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace.’

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, mahābrahmā taṁ bhikkhuṁ bāhāyaṁ gahetvā ekamantaṁ apanetvā taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | etadavoca ime kho maṁ → etad avoca idha (pts) | gahetvā → Scmt bāhatvā for bāhāyaṁ gahetvā. (pts note) | atha kho → athakho kevaṭṭa (th) | kevaṭṭa mahābrahmā → kevaddha mahā-brahmā (pts)“Then the Great Brahmā, taking the monk by the arm and leading him off to one side, said to him, ‘ime kho maṁ, bhikkhu, brahmakāyikā devā evaṁ jānanti, “natthi kiñci brahmuno aññātaṁ, natthi kiñci brahmuno adiṭṭhaṁ, natthi kiñci brahmuno aviditaṁ, natthi kiñci brahmuno asacchikatan”ti.
asacchikatanti tasmāhaṁ → asacchikatan ti tasmā ahaṁ (pts) | bhikkhu → Sdt Bm Ime kho maṁ bhikkhuṁ. (pts note) | ime kho maṁ → idha (pts) | brahmakāyikā → brahma-kāyikā (pts) | natthi → n atthi (pts) | aviditaṁ natthi → aviditam n atthi (pts)‘These Devas of the Retinue of Brahmā believe, “There is nothing that the Great Brahmā does not know. There is nothing that the Great Brahmā does not see. There is nothing of which the Great Brahmā is unaware. There is nothing that the Great Brahmā has not realized.” Tasmāhaṁ tesaṁ sammukhā na byākāsiṁ.
tasmāhaṁ tesaṁ → tasmā ahametesaṁ (sya-all) | ahaṁ → Bm 'haṁ. (pts note) | byākāsiṁ → vyākāsiṁ (pts)That is why I did not say in their presence that Ahampi kho, bhikkhu, na jānāmi yatthime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti.
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all) | ahampi → ahaṁpi (th) | ahampi → aham pi (pts) | yatthime → yatth ime (pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu vāyo-dhātu (pts)I, too, don’t know where the four great elements… cease without trace. Tasmātiha, bhikkhu, tuyhevetaṁ dukkaṭaṁ, tuyhevetaṁ aparaddhaṁ, yaṁ tvaṁ taṁ bhagavantaṁ atidhāvitvā bahiddhā pariyeṭṭhiṁ āpajjasi imassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇāya.
atidhāvitvā → atisitvā (bj, pts); abhimuñcitvā (sya-all) | tuyhevetaṁ → tumhevetaṁ (sya-all) | taṁ → (sya-all) | abhimuñcitvā → atisitvā (sya-all: sī.) | dukkataṁ → Bm dukkaṭaṁ. (pts note) | atisitvā → Bm atidhāvitvā. (pts note) | pariyeṭṭhiṁ → Scdt pariyaṭṭhiṁ (see Sum. 271, J. i. 14. 32). (pts note) | tasmātiha → tasmā tiha (th) | tasmātiha → tasmāt iha (pts) | tuyhevetaṁ dukkaṭaṁ tuyhevetaṁ → tumh ev etaṁ dukkataṁ tumh ev etaṁ (pts)So it’s your own wrongdoing, your own mistake, in that—bypassing the Blessed One—you searched outside for an answer to this question. Gaccha tvaṁ, bhikkhu, tameva bhagavantaṁ upasaṅkamitvā imaṁ pañhaṁ puccha, yathā ca te bhagavā byākaroti, tathā naṁ dhāreyyāsī’ti.
ca → (sya-all) | tameva → tam eva (pts) | upasaṅkamitvā → upasaṁkamitvā (pts) | byākaroti → vyākaroti (pts)Go right back to the Blessed One and, on arrival, ask him this question. However he answers you, that’s how you should remember it.’

Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu—seyyathāpi nāma balavā puriso samiñjitaṁ vā bāhaṁ pasāreyya, pasāritaṁ vā bāhaṁ samiñjeyya; evameva brahmaloke antarahito mama purato pāturahosi.
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | samiñjeyya → sammiñjeyya (bjt, th) | + → kho (bjt) | atha kho → athakho (th) | samiñjitaṁ → sammiñjitaṁ (th, pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | samiñjeyya evameva brahmaloke → sammiñjeyya evam eva brahma-loke (pts) | pāturahosi → pātur ahosi (pts)“Then—just as a strong man might extend his flexed arm or flex his extended arm—the monk disappeared from the Brahmā world and immediately appeared in front of me. Atha kho so, kevaṭṭa, bhikkhu maṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi, ekamantaṁ nisinno kho, kevaṭṭa, so bhikkhu maṁ etadavoca:
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | so kevaṭṭa → kevaddha (pts) | atha kho → athakho (th) | etadavoca → etad avoca (pts)Having bowed down to me, he sat to one side. As he was sitting there he said to me, ‘kattha nu kho, bhante, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu (pts)‘Lord, where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?’

4.1. Tīradassisakuṇupamā

Evaṁ vutte, ahaṁ, kevaṭṭa, taṁ bhikkhuṁ etadavocaṁ—
kevaṭṭa → kevaḍḍha (bj); kevaddha (pts) | etadavocaṁ → etad avoca (pts)“When this was said, I said to him,

bhūtapubbaṁ, bhikkhu, sāmuddikā vāṇijā tīradassiṁ sakuṇaṁ gahetvā nāvāya samuddaṁ ajjhogāhanti.
vāṇijā → bāṇijā (sya-all) | samuddaṁ → (sya-all)‘Once, monk, some sea-faring merchants, taking a shore-sighting bird, set out across the ocean in their ship. Te atīradakkhiniyā nāvāya tīradassiṁ sakuṇaṁ muñcanti.
atīradakkhiniyā → atīradassiniyā (bj, sya-all); atīradakkhiṇiyā (pts) | atīradakkhiniyā → atīra-dakkhiṇiyā (pts) | tīradassiṁ → tīra-dassiṁ (pts)When they could not see the shore from their ship, they released the shore-sighting bird. So gacchateva puratthimaṁ disaṁ, gacchati dakkhiṇaṁ disaṁ, gacchati pacchimaṁ disaṁ, gacchati uttaraṁ disaṁ, gacchati uddhaṁ disaṁ, gacchati anudisaṁ.
disaṁ → (bj, pts) | gacchateva → gacchati (sya-all) | gacchateva → gacchat eva (pts)It flew to the east; it flew to the south; it flew to the west; it flew to the north; it flew to straight up; it flew to the intermediate directions. Sace so samantā tīraṁ passati, tathāgatakova hoti.
tathāgatakova → tathā pakkantova (cck); tathāpakkanto va (sya1ed, sya2ed) | tathāgatakova → tathāpakkanto va (sya-all) | va → tathāpakkanto va (bj: syā) | tathāgatakova → tathāpakkantova (cck: syā.) | tathāgatakova → tathāgatako va (bjt) | tathāgatakova → tathā gatako va (pts)If it saw the shore in any direction, it flew there and was gone. Sace pana so samantā tīraṁ na passati, tameva nāvaṁ paccāgacchati.
paccāgacchati evameva → pacchāgacchati evam eva (pts) | tameva → tam eva (pts)If it did not see the shore in any direction, it returned right back to the ship.

Evameva kho tvaṁ, bhikkhu, yato yāva brahmalokā pariyesamāno imassa pañhassa veyyākaraṇaṁ nājjhagā, atha mamaññeva santike paccāgato.
evameva → eyameva (sya-all) | veyyākaraṇaṁ nājjhagā atha mamaññeva → veyyākaraṇena ajjhagamā athakho mayhameva (sya-all) | bhikkhu → bhikkhu yāva (pts) | mamaññeva → maṁ yeva (pts) | yāva → Sd Bm omit; St yava. (pts note) | maṁ → Bm mamaṁ. (pts note) | evameva → evam eva (pts) | brahmalokā → brahma-lokā (pts)In the same way, monk, having searched as far as the Brahmā world and not receiving an answer to this question, you have come right back to my presence. Na kho eso, bhikkhu, pañho evaṁ pucchitabbo:“‘This question should not be asked in this way: ‘kattha nu kho, bhante, ime cattāro mahābhūtā aparisesā nirujjhanti, seyyathidaṁ—pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātū’ti?
pathavīdhātu → paṭhavīdhātu (bj) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavīdhātu (sya-all, pts) | seyyathidaṁ pathavīdhātu āpodhātu tejodhātu vāyodhātūti → seyyathīdaṁ paṭhavī-dhātu āpo-dhātu tejo-dhātu vāyo-dhātūti (pts)Where do these four great elements—the earth property, the liquid property, the fire property, and the wind property—cease without trace?

Evañca kho eso, bhikkhu, pañho pucchitabbo:
eso → so (sya-all) | evañca → evañ ca (pts)Instead, the question should be asked like this:

‘Kattha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati;
pathavī → paṭhavī (bj, pts); paṭhavī ca (sya-all) | paṭhavī → SS add ca (twice). (pts note)“‘Where do water, earth, fire, & wind have no footing? Kattha dīghañca rassañca, aṇuṁ thūlaṁ subhāsubhaṁ;
dīghañca rassañca → dīghañ ca rassañ ca (pts) aṇuṁ → anuṁ (sya-all) | aṇuṁ → So all MSS. twice. (pts note)Where are long & short, coarse & fine, fair & foul, Kattha nāmañca rūpañca, asesaṁ uparujjhatī’ti.
nāmañca rūpañca → nāmañ ca rūpañ ca (pts)name & form brought to a stop without trace?

Tatra veyyākaraṇaṁ bhavati:“‘And the answer to that is:

‘Viññāṇaṁ anidassanaṁ, anantaṁ sabbatopabhaṁ;
sabbatopabhaṁ → (?) | sabbatopabhaṁ → sabbatopahaṁ (pts) | sabbatopabhaṁ → sabbato pabhaṁ (bjt, th) | sabbatopabhaṁ → sabbato-pahaṁ (pts)“‘Consciousness without surface, without end, luminous all around:

Ettha āpo ca pathavī, tejo vāyo na gādhati.
pathavī → paṭhavī (bj, pts); paṭhavī ca (sya-all)Here water, earth, fire, & wind have no footing. Ettha dīghañca rassañca, aṇuṁ thūlaṁ subhāsubhaṁ;
dīghañca rassañca → dīghañ ca rassañ ca (pts) aṇuṁ → anuṁ (sya-all)Here long & short, coarse & fine, fair & foul,

Ettha nāmañca rūpañca, asesaṁ uparujjhati;
nāmañca rūpañca → nāmañ ca rūpañ ca (pts)here name & form are all brought to a stop without trace. Viññāṇassa nirodhena, etthetaṁ uparujjhatī’”ti.
etthetaṁ → etth etaṁ (pts)With the cessation of (the aggregate of) consciousness each is here brought to a stop.’”

Idamavoca bhagavā.
idamavoca → idam avoca (pts)That is what the Blessed One said. Attamano kevaṭṭo gahapatiputto bhagavato bhāsitaṁ abhinandīti.
kevaṭṭo → kevaḍḍho (bj); kevaddho (pts) | bhagavato → (pts) | gahapatiputto → Sd Bm add Bhagavato. (pts note)Gratified, Kevaṭṭa the householder delighted in the Blessed One’s words.

Kevaṭṭasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ ekādasamaṁ.
kevaṭṭasuttaṁ → kevaḍḍhasuttaṁ (bjt)