Evaṁ me sutaṁ—
evaṁ me → evamme (th) | evaṁ me → evam-me (pts)I have heard ekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṁ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.that on one occasion the Blessed One was staying near Sāvatthī in Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.

Atha kho piṅgalakoccho brāhmaṇo yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā bhagavatā saddhiṁ sammodi.
piṅgalakoccho → piṅgali (bj: katthaci) | tenupasaṅkami → ten upasaṅkami (pts)Then Piṅgalakoccha the brahman went to the Blessed One and, on arrival, having bowed down to him, sat to one side. Sammodanīyaṁ kathaṁ sāraṇīyaṁ vītisāretvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinno kho piṅgalakoccho brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
sāraṇīyaṁ → sārāṇīyaṁ (bj, sya-all, pts)As he was sitting there, he said to the Blessed One,

“yeme, bho gotama, samaṇabrāhmaṇā saṅghino gaṇino gaṇācariyā ñātā yasassino titthakarā sādhusammatā, bahujanassa,
titthakarā → titthaṅkarā (bj: syā) | saṅghino → saṁghino (ms2005) | yeme → ye me (pts)“Master Gotama, these contemplatives & brahmans, each with his group, each with his community, each the teacher of his group, an honored leader, well-regarded by people at large— seyyathidaṁ—pūraṇo kassapo, makkhali gosālo, ajito kesakambalo, pakudho kaccāyano, sañcayo belaṭṭhaputto, nigaṇṭho nāṭaputto,
sañcayo → sañjayo (bj, sya-all, pts1ed, mr) | makkhali → makkhalī (bj) | sañcayo belaṭṭhaputto → sañjayo belaṭṭhiputto (bj) | nāṭaputto sabbete → nātaputto sabbe te (bj, pts) | sañcayo belaṭṭhaputto nigaṇṭho → sañjayo velaṭṭhaputto nigantho (sya-all) | kesakambalo → kesakambalī (pts) | sañcayo → sañjayo (pts) | kesakambalo → kesakambalī (bj: katthaci) | pakudho → kakudho (bj: aṭṭhakathā, sīmu9) | belaṭṭhiputto → belaṭṭha (bj: katthaci) | nātaputto → nāthaputto (bj: sīmu9) | sañcayo → sañjayo (cck: sī. syā. pī. ka.) | seyyathidaṁ → seyyathīdaṁ (th, pts)i.e., Pūraṇa Kassapa, Makkhali Gosāla, Ajita Kesakambalin, Pakudha Kaccāyana, Sañjaya Velaṭṭhaputta, & the Nigaṇṭha Nāṭaputta: sabbete sakāya paṭiññāya abbhaññaṁsu sabbeva nābbhaññaṁsu, udāhu ekacce abbhaññaṁsu ekacce nābbhaññaṁsū”ti?
abbhaññaṁsu → abbhaññiṁsu (sya-all) | nābbhaññaṁsu → na abbhaññiṁsu (sya-all) | nābbhaññaṁsūti → na abbhaññiṁsūti (sya-all); na abbhaññaṁsūti (pts) | sabbete → sabbe te (bjt, th, pts) | sabbeva → sabbe va (pts)Do they all have direct knowledge as they themselves claim, or do they all not have direct knowledge, or do some of them have direct knowledge and some of them not?”

“Alaṁ, brāhmaṇa, tiṭṭhatetaṁ—
tiṭṭhatetaṁ sabbete → titthat etaṁ sabbe te (pts)“Enough, brahman. Put this question aside. sabbete sakāya paṭiññāya abbhaññaṁsu sabbeva nābbhaññaṁsu, udāhu ekacce abbhaññaṁsu ekacce nābbhaññaṁsūti.
abbhaññaṁsu → abbhaññiṁsu (sya-all) | nābbhaññaṁsu → na abbhaññiṁsu (sya-all) | nābbhaññaṁsūti → na abbhaññiṁsūti (sya-all) | sabbeva nābbhaññaṁsu → sabbe va nabbhaññaṁsu (pts) | nābbhaññaṁsūti dhammaṁ te → na abbhaññaṁsu dhammante (pts) | nābbhaññaṁsūti → nabbhaññaṁsu (bj: PTS) | sabbete → sabbe te (bjt, th, pts) Dhammaṁ te, brāhmaṇa, desessāmi,
dhammaṁ te → dhamman-te (pts)I will teach you the Dhamma. taṁ suṇāhi, sādhukaṁ manasi karohi, bhāsissāmī”ti.
manasi karohi → manasikarohi (th, pts)Listen and pay close attention. I will speak.”

“Evaṁ, bho”ti kho piṅgalakoccho brāhmaṇo bhagavato paccassosi.
evaṁ bhoti → evam-bho ti (pts)“Yes, sir,” Piṅgalakoccha the brahman responded to the Blessed One. Bhagavā etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad-avoca (pts)The Blessed One said,

“Seyyathāpi, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ atikkamma papaṭikaṁ, sākhāpalāsaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkameyya ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | atikkammeva → atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)“Brahman, it’s as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark, passing over the outer bark—cutting away the twigs & leaves, were to go off carrying them, thinking, ‘heartwood.’ Tamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso disvā evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam-enaṁ (pts)A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, ‘na vatāyaṁ bhavaṁ puriso aññāsi sāraṁ, na aññāsi phegguṁ, na aññāsi tacaṁ, na aññāsi papaṭikaṁ, na aññāsi sākhāpalāsaṁ.
tacaṁ na aññāsi papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (sya-all)‘Ah, how this good man didn’t know heartwood, didn’t know sapwood, didn’t know inner bark, didn’t know outer bark, didn’t know twigs & leaves! Tathā hayaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ atikkamma papaṭikaṁ, sākhāpalāsaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto “sāran”ti maññamāno.
tathā hayaṁ → tathāhayaṁ (th) | papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | sāranti → sāran ti (ms2005) | hayaṁ → h ayaṁ (pts) | atikkammeva → atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)That’s why he, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark, passing over the outer bark—cutting away the twigs & leaves, went off carrying them, thinking, “heartwood.” Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissatī’ti.
yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served.’

Seyyathāpi vā pana, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ, papaṭikaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkameyya ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | atikkammeva → atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)“Or, brahman, it’s as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark—cutting away the outer bark, were to go off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood.’ Tamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso disvā evaṁ vadeyya:A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, ‘na vatāyaṁ bhavaṁ puriso aññāsi sāraṁ, na aññāsi phegguṁ, na aññāsi tacaṁ, na aññāsi papaṭikaṁ, na aññāsi sākhāpalāsaṁ.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th)‘Ah, how this good man didn’t know heartwood, didn’t know sapwood, didn’t know inner bark, didn’t know outer bark, didn’t know twigs & leaves! Tathā hayaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ papaṭikaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto “sāran”ti maññamāno.
tathā hayaṁ → tathāhayaṁ (th) | papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | sāranti → sāran ti (ms2005) | hayaṁ → h ayaṁ (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)That’s why he, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark—cutting away the outer bark, went off carrying it, thinking, “heartwood.” Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissatī’ti.
yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served.’

Seyyathāpi vā pana, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ, tacaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkameyya ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)“Or, brahman, it’s as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood—cutting away the inner bark, were to go off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood.’ Tamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso disvā evaṁ vadeyya:A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, ‘na vatāyaṁ bhavaṁ puriso aññāsi sāraṁ, na aññāsi phegguṁ, na aññāsi tacaṁ, na aññāsi papaṭikaṁ, na aññāsi sākhāpalāsaṁ.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th)‘Ah, how this good man didn’t know heartwood, didn’t know sapwood, didn’t know inner bark, didn’t know outer bark, didn’t know twigs & leaves! Tathā hayaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ, tacaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto “sāran”ti maññamāno.
tathā hayaṁ → tathāhayaṁ (th) | sāranti → sāran ti (ms2005) | hayaṁ bhavaṁ → h ayaṁ bhavam (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)That’s why he, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood—cutting away the inner bark, went off carrying it, thinking, “heartwood.” Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissatī’ti.
yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served.’

Seyyathāpi vā pana, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ, phegguṁ chetvā ādāya pakkameyya ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)“Or, brahman, it’s as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood—cutting away the sapwood, were to go off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood.’ Tamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso disvā evaṁ vadeyya:
disvā → (pts) | tamenaṁ → tam-enaṁ (pts)A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, ‘na vatāyaṁ bhavaṁ puriso aññāsi sāraṁ, na aññāsi phegguṁ, na aññāsi tacaṁ, na aññāsi papaṭikaṁ, na aññāsi sākhāpalāsaṁ.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th)‘Ah, how this good man didn’t know heartwood, didn’t know sapwood, didn’t know inner bark, didn’t know outer bark, didn’t know twigs & leaves! Tathā hayaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ, phegguṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto “sāran”ti maññamāno.
tathā hayaṁ → tathāhayaṁ (th) | sāranti → sāran ti (ms2005) | hayaṁ → h ayaṁ (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)That’s why he, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood—cutting away the sapwood, went off carrying it, thinking, “heartwood.” Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissatī’ti.
yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served.’

Seyyathāpi vā pana, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato sāraññeva chetvā ādāya pakkameyya ‘sāran’ti jānamāno.
seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāraññeva → sārañ-ñeva (pts) | sāranti → sāran-ti (pts)“Or, brahman, it’s as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood, cutting away just the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, were to go off carrying it, knowing, ‘heartwood.’ Tamenaṁ cakkhumā puriso disvā evaṁ vadeyya:
tamenaṁ → tam-enaṁ (pts)A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, ‘aññāsi vatāyaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāraṁ, aññāsi phegguṁ, aññāsi tacaṁ, aññāsi papaṭikaṁ, aññāsi sākhāpalāsaṁ.
papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th)‘Ah, how this good man did know heartwood, did know sapwood, did know inner bark, did know outer bark, did know twigs & leaves! Tathā hayaṁ bhavaṁ puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato sāraññeva chetvā ādāya pakkanto “sāran”ti jānamāno.
sārapariyesanaṁ → sārapariyenaṁ (sya-all) | tathā hayaṁ → tathāhayaṁ (th) | sāranti → sāran ti (ms2005) | hayaṁ → h ayaṁ (pts) | sāraññeva → sāraṁ yeva (pts) | sāranti jānamāno → sāran-ti jānamano (pts)That’s why he, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood, cutting away just the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, went off carrying it, knowing, “heartwood.” Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ anubhavissatī’ti.Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose will be served.’

Evameva kho, brāhmaṇa, idhekacco puggalo saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti:
puggalo → kulaputto (sya-all) | evameva → evam-eva (pts) | idhekacco → idh ekacco (pts)“In the same way, brahman, there is the case where a certain son of good family, out of conviction, goes forth from the home life into homelessness, (thinking,) ‘otiṇṇomhi jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto,
jarāya maraṇena → jarāmaraṇena (bj, pts) | sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi → soka parideva dukkha domanassu pāyāsehi (th) | otiṇṇomhi → otiṇṇo mhi (pts)‘I am beset by birth, by aging-&-death, by sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs, beset by stress, overcome with stress. appeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.
appeva nāma → appevanāma (bjt, th) | appeva → app-eva (pts)Perhaps the end of this entire mass of stress might be discerned!’ So evaṁ pabbajito samāno lābhasakkārasilokaṁ abhinibbatteti.
lābhasakkārasilokaṁ → lābha sakkāra silokaṁ (th)Having thus gone forth, he encounters gain, offerings, & fame. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena attamano hoti paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He is gratified with that gain, offerings, & fame, his resolve fulfilled. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena attānukkaṁseti, paraṁ vambheti:
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th) | attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that gain, offerings, & fame he exalts himself and disparages others: ‘ahamasmi lābhasakkārasilokavā, ime panaññe bhikkhū appaññātā appesakkhā’ti.
lābhasakkārasilokavā → lābhī silokavā (bj, pts); lābhī sakkārasilokavā (sya-all) | silokavā → lābhasakkārasilokavā (bj: machasaṁ); lābhī sakkārasilokavā (bj: syā) | ahamasmi lābhasakkārasilokavā → aham-asmi lābhī silokavā (pts) | panaññe → pan aññe (pts) | appesakkhāti → appesakkhā ti (pts)‘I am a person with gain, offerings, & fame, but these other monks are unknown & of little influence.’ Lābhasakkārasilokena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya na chandaṁ janeti, na vāyamati, olīnavuttiko ca hoti sāthaliko.
sāthaliko → sāthiliko (sya-all) | lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He doesn’t generate desire or exert himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than gain, offerings, & fame. He is drooping & lax. Seyyathāpi so, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ atikkamma papaṭikaṁ, sākhāpalāsaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
pakkanto → pakkamanto (pts) | papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | atikkammeva → atikkamm eva (pts) | pakkanto sāranti → pakkamanto sāran-ti (pts)“Just like the man who, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark, passing over the outer bark—cutting away the twigs & leaves, went off carrying them, thinking, ‘heartwood’: Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissati.
nānubhavissati → nānubhavissatīti (sya-all) | nānubhavissati → nānubhavissatīti (bj: syā) | yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served. Tathūpamāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.This individual, I tell you, is similar to that.

Idha pana, brāhmaṇa, ekacco puggalo saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti:“And further, there is the case where an individual, out of conviction, goes forth from the home life into homelessness, (thinking,) ‘otiṇṇomhi jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto,
jarāya maraṇena → jarāmaraṇena (bj, pts) | sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi → soka parideva dukkha domanas supāyāsehi (th) | otiṇṇomhi → otiṇṇo mhi (pts)‘… appeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.
appeva nāma → appevanāma (bjt, th) | appeva → app-eva (pts)Perhaps the end of this entire mass of stress might be discerned!’ So evaṁ pabbajito samāno lābhasakkārasilokaṁ abhinibbatteti.
lābhasakkārasilokaṁ → lābha sakkāra silokaṁ (th)Having thus gone forth, he encounters gain, offerings, & fame. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attamano hoti na paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He is not gratified with that gain, offerings, & fame, his resolve not fulfilled. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th) | attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts) Lābhasakkārasilokena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all) | ye → ya (pts) | lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than gain, offerings, & fame. He is not drooping or lax. So sīlasampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in virtue. So tāya sīlasampadāya attamano hoti, paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in virtue, his resolve fulfilled. So tāya sīlasampadāya attānukkaṁseti, paraṁ vambheti:
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in virtue he exalts himself and disparages others: ‘ahamasmi sīlavā kalyāṇadhammo, ime panaññe bhikkhū dussīlā pāpadhammā’ti.
ahamasmi → aham-asmi (pts) | panaññe → pan aññe (pts) | pāpadhammāti → pāpadhammā ti (pts)‘I am a person of virtue, with fine qualities, but these other monks are unvirtuous, with evil qualities.’ Sīlasampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya na chandaṁ janeti, na vāyamati, olīnavuttiko ca hoti sāthaliko.
sāthaliko → sāthiliko (sya-all)He doesn’t generate desire or exert himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in virtue. He is drooping & lax. Seyyathāpi so, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ atikkamma tacaṁ, papaṭikaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
pakkanto → pakkamanto (pts) | papaṭikaṁ → pappaṭikaṁ (th) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | pakkanto sāranti → pakkamanto sāran-ti (pts)“Just like the man who, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood, passing over the inner bark—cutting away the outer bark, went off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood’: Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ, tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissati.
nānubhavissati → nānubhavissatīti (sya-all)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served. Tathūpamāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.This individual, I tell you, is similar to that.

Idha pana, brāhmaṇa, ekacco puggalo saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti:
ekacco → ekacco -pe- antakiriyā (bj: syā)“And further, there is the case where an individual, out of conviction, goes forth from the home life into homelessness, (thinking,) ‘otiṇṇomhi jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto,
jarāya maraṇena → jarāmaraṇena (bj, pts) | otiṇṇomhi → otiṇṇo mhi (pts)‘… appeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.
appeva nāma → appevanāma (bjt) | appeva → app-eva (pts)Perhaps the end of this entire mass of stress might be discerned!’ So evaṁ pabbajito samāno lābhasakkārasilokaṁ abhinibbatteti.
lābhasakkārasilokaṁ → lābha sakkāra silokaṁ (th)Having thus gone forth, he encounters gain, offerings, & fame. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attamano hoti, na paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He is not gratified with that gain, offerings, & fame, his resolve not fulfilled. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th) | attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that gain, offerings, & fame he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Lābhasakkārasilokena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all) | lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than gain, offerings, & fame. He is not drooping or lax. So sīlasampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in virtue. So tāya sīlasampadāya attamano hoti no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in virtue, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tāya sīlasampadāya na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in virtue he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Sīlasampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in virtue. He is not drooping or lax. So samādhisampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in concentration. So tāya samādhisampadāya attamano hoti, paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in concentration, his resolve fulfilled. So tāya samādhisampadāya attānukkaṁseti, paraṁ vambheti:
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in concentration he exalts himself and disparages others: ‘ahamasmi samāhito ekaggacitto, ime panaññe bhikkhū asamāhitā vibbhantacittā’ti.
ahamasmi → aham-asmi (pts) | panaññe → pan aññe (pts) | vibbhantacittāti → vibbhantacittā ti (pts)‘I am concentrated, my mind at singleness, but these other monks are unconcentrated, their minds scattered.’ Samādhisampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca, tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya na chandaṁ janeti, na vāyamati, olīnavuttiko ca hoti sāthaliko.
sāthaliko → sāthiliko (sya-all) | + → chandaṁ (th)He doesn’t generate desire or exert himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in concentration. He is drooping & lax. Seyyathāpi so, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ atikkamma phegguṁ, tacaṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
pakkanto → pakkamanto (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | pakkanto sāranti → pakkamanto sāran-ti (pts)“Just like the man who, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, passing over the sapwood—cutting away the inner bark, went off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood’: Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissati.
nānubhavissati → nānubhavissatīti (sya-all)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served. Tathūpamāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.This individual, I tell you, is similar to that.

Idha pana, brāhmaṇa, ekacco puggalo saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti:
puggalo → (sya-all)“And further, there is the case where an individual, out of conviction, goes forth from the home life into homelessness, (thinking,) ‘otiṇṇomhi jātiyā jarāya maraṇena …pe…
jarāmaraṇena → jarāya maraṇena (bj: machasaṁ); __-pe- antakiriyā (bj: syā__)‘I am beset by birth, by aging-&-death, by sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs, beset by stress, overcome with stress. antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.Perhaps the end of this entire mass of stress might be discerned!’ So evaṁ pabbajito samāno lābhasakkārasilokaṁ abhinibbatteti.
lābhasakkārasilokaṁ → lābha sakkāra silokaṁ (th)Having thus gone forth, he encounters gain, offerings, & fame. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attamano hoti na paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He is not gratified with that gain, offerings, & fame, his resolve not fulfilled. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th) | attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that gain, offerings, & fame he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Lābhasakkārasilokena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all) | lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than gain, offerings, & fame. He is not drooping or lax. So sīlasampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in virtue. So tāya sīlasampadāya attamano hoti, no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in virtue, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tāya sīlasampadāya na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in virtue he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Sīlasampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in virtue. He is not drooping or lax. So samādhisampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in concentration. So tāya samādhisampadāya attamano hoti, no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in concentration, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tāya samādhisampadāya na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in concentration he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Samādhisampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in concentration. He is not drooping or lax. So ñāṇadassanaṁ ārādheti.He achieves knowledge & vision. So tena ñāṇadassanena attamano hoti, paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that knowledge & vision, his resolve fulfilled. So tena ñāṇadassanena attānukkaṁseti, paraṁ vambheti:
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that knowledge & vision he exalts himself and disparages others: ‘ahamasmi jānaṁ passaṁ viharāmi, ime panaññe bhikkhū ajānaṁ apassaṁ viharantī’ti.
ahamasmi → aham-asmi (pts) | panaññe → pan aññe (pts)‘I dwell knowing & seeing, but these other monks dwell not knowing & not seeing.’ Ñāṇadassanena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya na chandaṁ janeti, na vāyamati, olīnavuttiko ca hoti sāthaliko.
sāthaliko → sāthiliko (sya-all)He doesn’t generate desire or exert himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision. He is drooping & lax. Seyyathāpi so, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva sāraṁ, phegguṁ chetvā ādāya pakkanto ‘sāran’ti maññamāno.
pakkanto → pakkamanto (pts) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno → s s s (pts) | tiṭṭhato sāravato atikkammeva → t s atikkamm eva (pts) | pakkanto sāranti → pakkamanto sāran-ti (pts)“Just like the man who, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood—passing over the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood—cutting away the sapwood, went off carrying it, thinking, ‘heartwood’: Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ nānubhavissati.
nānubhavissati → nānubhavissatīti (sya-all) | yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won’t be served. Tathūpamāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.This individual, I tell you, is similar to that.

Idha pana, brāhmaṇa, ekacco puggalo saddhā agārasmā anagāriyaṁ pabbajito hoti:“And further, there is the case where an individual, out of conviction, goes forth from the home life into homelessness, (thinking,) ‘otiṇṇomhi jātiyā jarāya maraṇena sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi, dukkhotiṇṇo dukkhapareto,
jarāya maraṇena → jarāmaraṇena (bj, pts) | sokehi paridevehi dukkhehi domanassehi upāyāsehi → soka parideva dukkha domanassu pāyāsehi (th) | otiṇṇomhi → otiṇṇo mhi (pts)‘I am beset by birth, by aging-&-death, by sorrows, lamentations, pains, distresses, & despairs, beset by stress, overcome with stress. appeva nāma imassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa antakiriyā paññāyethā’ti.
appeva nāma → appevanāma (bjt, th) | appeva → app-eva (pts)Perhaps the end of this entire mass of stress might be discerned!’ So evaṁ pabbajito samāno lābhasakkārasilokaṁ abhinibbatteti.
lābhasakkārasilokaṁ → lābha sakkāra silokaṁ (th)Having thus gone forth, he encounters gain, offerings, & fame. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attamano hoti, na paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He is not gratified with that gain, offerings, & fame, his resolve not fulfilled. So tena lābhasakkārasilokena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th) | attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that gain, offerings, & fame he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Lābhasakkārasilokena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all) | lābhasakkārasilokena → lābha sakkāra silokena (th)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than gain, offerings, & fame. He is not drooping or lax. So sīlasampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in virtue. So tāya sīlasampadāya attamano hoti, no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in virtue, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tāya sīlasampadāya na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in virtue does not exalt himself or disparage others. Sīlasampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in virtue. He is not drooping or lax. So samādhisampadaṁ ārādheti.He achieves consummation in concentration. So tāya samādhisampadāya attamano hoti, no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that consummation in concentration, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tāya samādhisampadāya na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that consummation in concentration he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Samādhisampadāya ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than consummation in concentration. He is not drooping or lax. So ñāṇadassanaṁ ārādheti.He achieves knowledge & vision. So tena ñāṇadassanena attamano hoti, no ca kho paripuṇṇasaṅkappo.He is gratified with that knowledge & vision, but his resolve is not fulfilled. So tena ñāṇadassanena na attānukkaṁseti, na paraṁ vambheti.
attānukkaṁseti → attān ukkaṁseti (pts)Because of that knowledge & vision he does not exalt himself or disparage others. Ñāṇadassanena ca ye aññe dhammā uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca tesaṁ dhammānaṁ sacchikiriyāya chandaṁ janeti, vāyamati, anolīnavuttiko ca hoti asāthaliko.
asāthaliko → asāthiliko (sya-all)He generates desire & exerts himself for the realization of those qualities that are higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision. He is not drooping or lax.

Katame ca, brāhmaṇa, dhammā ñāṇadassanena uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca?“And which, brahman, are the qualities that are higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision?

Idha, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu vivicceva kāmehi vivicca akusalehi dhammehi savitakkaṁ savicāraṁ vivekajaṁ pītisukhaṁ paṭhamaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
vivicceva → eva (pts)“There is the case where a monk—quite secluded from sensuality, secluded from unskillful qualities—enters & remains in the first jhāna: rapture & pleasure born of seclusion, accompanied by directed thought & evaluation. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu vitakkavicārānaṁ vūpasamā ajjhattaṁ sampasādanaṁ cetaso ekodibhāvaṁ avitakkaṁ avicāraṁ samādhijaṁ pītisukhaṁ dutiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)“And further, with the stilling of directed thoughts & evaluations, he enters & remains in the second jhāna: rapture & pleasure born of concentration, unification of awareness free from directed thought & evaluation—internal assurance. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu pītiyā ca virāgā upekkhako ca viharati, sato ca sampajāno sukhañca kāyena paṭisaṁvedeti, yaṁ taṁ ariyā ācikkhanti: ‘upekkhako satimā sukhavihārī’ti tatiyaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
yaṁ taṁ → yantaṁ (bjt) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | upekkhako → upekhako (pts) | sukhañca → sukhañ-ca (pts) | yaṁ taṁ → yan-taṁ (pts) | sukhavihārīti → sukhavihārī ti (pts)“And further, with the fading of rapture, he remains equanimous, mindful, & alert, and senses pleasure with the body. He enters & remains in the third jhāna, of which the noble ones declare, ‘Equanimous & mindful, he has a pleasant abiding.’ Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sukhassa ca pahānā dukkhassa ca pahānā pubbeva somanassadomanassānaṁ atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ catutthaṁ jhānaṁ upasampajja viharati.
atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ → atthagamā adukkhaṁ asukhaṁ (bj) | atthaṅgamā → atthagamā (pts) | atthagamā → atthaṅgamā (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | pubbeva → pubbe va (pts) | atthaṅgamā adukkhamasukhaṁ upekkhāsatipārisuddhiṁ → atthagamā adukkham-asukhaṁ upekhāsatipārisuddhiṁ (pts)“And further, with the abandoning of pleasure & stress—as with the earlier disappearance of joys & distresses—he enters & remains in the fourth jhāna: purity of equanimity & mindfulness, neither-pleasure-nor-pain. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sabbaso rūpasaññānaṁ samatikkamā paṭighasaññānaṁ atthaṅgamā nānattasaññānaṁ amanasikārā ‘ananto ākāso’ti ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.
atthaṅgamā → atthagamā (bj, pts) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | ākāsoti → ākāso ti (pts)“And further, with the complete transcending of perceptions of (physical) form, with the disappearance of perceptions of resistance, and not attending to perceptions of multiplicity, (perceiving,) ‘Infinite space,’ he enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of space. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sabbaso ākāsānañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘anantaṁ viññāṇan’ti viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | viññāṇanti → viññāṇan-ti (pts)“And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of the infinitude of space, (perceiving,) ‘Infinite consciousness,’ he enters & remains in the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sabbaso viññāṇañcāyatanaṁ samatikkamma ‘natthi kiñcī’ti ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | natthi → na-tthi (pts)“And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of the infinitude of consciousness, (perceiving,) ‘There is nothing,’ he enters & remains in the dimension of nothingness. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sabbaso ākiñcaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ upasampajja viharati.
caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts)“And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of nothingness, he enters & remains in the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Puna caparaṁ, brāhmaṇa, bhikkhu sabbaso nevasaññānāsaññāyatanaṁ samatikkamma saññāvedayitanirodhaṁ upasampajja viharati, paññāya cassa disvā āsavā parikkhīṇā honti.
paññāya cassa → paññāyapassa (sya-all) | caparaṁ → ca paraṁ (pts) | cassa → assa (pts)“And further, with the complete transcending of the dimension of neither perception nor non-perception, he enters & remains in the cessation of perception & feeling. And, having seen (that) with discernment, his effluents are completely ended. Ayampi kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammo ñāṇadassanena uttaritaro ca paṇītataro ca.
ayampi → ayam-pi (pts)This too is a quality higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision. Ime kho, brāhmaṇa, dhammā ñāṇadassanena uttaritarā ca paṇītatarā ca.“These are the qualities higher & more sublime than knowledge & vision.

Seyyathāpi so, brāhmaṇa, puriso sāratthiko sāragavesī sārapariyesanaṁ caramāno mahato rukkhassa tiṭṭhato sāravato sāraṁyeva chetvā ādāya pakkanto ‘sāran’ti jānamāno.
pakkanto → pakkamanto (pts) | sāraṁyeva → sāraññeva (bjt, th) | seyyathāpi → seyyathā pi (pts) | sāraṁyeva → sāraṁ yeva (pts) | pakkanto sāranti → pakkamanto sāran-ti (pts)“Just like the man who, in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood, cutting away just the heartwood of a great standing tree possessed of heartwood, went off carrying it, knowing, ‘heartwood’: Yañcassa sārena sārakaraṇīyaṁ tañcassa atthaṁ anubhavissati.
anubhavissati → anubhavissatīti (sya-all) | yañcassa → yañ-c assa (pts) | tañcassa → tañ-c assa (pts)Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose will be served. Tathūpamāhaṁ, brāhmaṇa, imaṁ puggalaṁ vadāmi.This individual, I tell you, is similar to that.

Iti kho, brāhmaṇa, nayidaṁ brahmacariyaṁ lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsaṁ, na sīlasampadānisaṁsaṁ, na samādhisampadānisaṁsaṁ, na ñāṇadassanānisaṁsaṁ.
lābhasakkārasilokānisaṁsaṁ → lābha sakkārasilokānisaṁsaṁ (th) | nayidaṁ → na-y-idaṁ (pts)“Brahman, this holy life doesn’t have as its reward gain, offerings, & fame, doesn’t have as its reward consummation of virtue, doesn’t have as its reward consummation of concentration, doesn’t have as its reward knowledge & vision, Yā ca kho ayaṁ, brāhmaṇa, akuppā cetovimutti—but the unprovoked awareness-release: etadatthamidaṁ, brāhmaṇa, brahmacariyaṁ, etaṁ sāraṁ etaṁ pariyosānan”ti.
etaṁ sāraṁ etaṁ pariyosānanti → etaṁsāraṁ etaṁpariyosānan-ti (pts)That is the purpose of this holy life, that is its heartwood, that its final end.”

Evaṁ vutte, piṅgalakoccho brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:
etadavoca → etad-avoca (pts)When this was said, Piṅgalakoccha the brahman said to the Blessed One: “abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama, abhikkantaṁ, bho gotama …pe…
gotama → gotama -pe- upāsakaṁ (bj: machasaṁ, syā) | pe → spelled out in full (bjt)“Magnificent, lord! Magnificent! Just as if he were to place upright what was overturned, to reveal what was hidden, to show the way to one who was lost, or to carry a lamp into the dark so that those with eyes could see forms, in the same way has the Blessed One—through many lines of reasoning—made the Dhamma clear. upāsakaṁ maṁ bhavaṁ gotamo dhāretu ajjatagge pāṇupetaṁ saraṇaṁ gatan”ti.
saraṇaṁ gatanti → saraṇaṅgatanti (th) | saraṇaṁ gatanti → saraṇagatan (pts)I go to the Blessed One for refuge, to the Dhamma, and to the Saṅgha of monks. May the Blessed One remember me as a lay follower who has gone to him for refuge, from this day forward, for life.”

Cūḷasāropamasuttaṁ niṭṭhitaṁ dasamaṁ.

Opammavaggo niṭṭhito tatiyo.
+ → tassa vaggassa uddānaṁ (bjt) | + → tassudānaṁ (th)

TassuddānaṁThe Summary

Moḷiyaphaggunariṭṭhañca nāmo, andhavane kathipuṇṇaṁ nivāpo;
moḷiyaphaggunariṭṭhañca → moliyaphaggunariṭṭha ca (bjt) | moḷiyaphaggunariṭṭhañca nāmo → moliyatajjanāriṭṭhamāno (th) | moḷiyaphaggunariṭṭhañca nāmo → ti (pts) kathipuṇṇaṁ nivāpo → kathipuṇṇanivāpā rāsi kaṇeru (bjt) | andhavane kathipuṇṇaṁ nivāpo → andhavanekaṭipuṇṇanivāpo (th) Rāsikaṇerumahāgajanāmo, sārūpamo puna piṅgalakoccho.
rāsikaṇerumahāgajanāmo → mahāgajanāmā (bjt) | rāsikaṇerumahāgajanāmo → rāsikaṇerumahāgajjamāno (th) sārūpamo → sārupamo (bj); sāravaro (si, sya-all); sāravano (mr) | sārupamo → sāravaro (bj: sīmu9, syā) | varavaggoti → pādoyaṁ machasaṁ potthake nadissati (bj note) | sārūpamo → sāravaro (cck: syā.); sāravano (cck: ka.) | + → esa varo ṭhapito asamoyaṁ cārutaro tatiyo varavaggoti (bjt) | sārūpamo puna piṅgalakoccho → sāravaropunapiṅgalakoccho (th)