1.1Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā mahākaccāno avantīsu viharati kuraraghare pavatte pabbate.At one time Venerable Mahākaccāna was staying in the land of the Avantis near Kuraraghara on Steep Mountain.

1.2Atha kho kāḷī upāsikā kuraragharikā yenāyasmā mahākaccāno tenupasaṅkami; upasaṅkamitvā āyasmantaṁ mahākaccānaṁ abhivādetvā ekamantaṁ nisīdi. Ekamantaṁ nisinnā kho kāḷī upāsikā kuraragharikā āyasmantaṁ mahākaccānaṁ etadavoca:Then the laywoman Kāḷī of Kurughara went up to Venerable Mahākaccāna, bowed, sat down to one side, and said to him,1.3“vuttamidaṁ, bhante, bhagavatā kumāripañhesu:“Sir, this was said by the Buddha in ‘The Maidens’ Questions’:

2.1‘Atthassa pattiṁ hadayassa santiṁ,∥‘I’ve reached the goal, peace of heart.2.2Jetvāna senaṁ piyasātarūpaṁ;Having conquered the army <j>of the likable and pleasant,2.3Ekohaṁ jhāyaṁ sukhamanubodhiṁ,alone, practicing absorption, I awakened to bliss.2.4Tasmā janena na karomi sakkhiṁ;That’s why I don’t get too close to people,2.5Sakkhī na sampajjati kenaci me’ti.and no one gets too close to me.’

3.1PTS 5.47Imassa kho, bhante, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa kathaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti?How should we see the detailed meaning of the Buddha’s brief statement?”

4.1“Pathavīkasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā ‘attho’ti abhinibbattesuṁ.“Sister, some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal earth to be the ultimate. Thinking ‘this is the goal’, they are reborn.4.2Yāvatā kho, bhagini, pathavīkasiṇasamāpattiparamatā, tadabhiññāsi bhagavā.The Buddha directly knew the extent to which the attainment of the meditation on universal earth was the ultimate.4.3Tadabhiññāya bhagavā assādamaddasa ādīnavamaddasa nissaraṇamaddasa maggāmaggañāṇadassanamaddasa.Directly knowing this he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape. And he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path.4.4Tassa assādadassanahetu ādīnavadassanahetu nissaraṇadassanahetu maggāmaggañāṇadassanahetu atthassa patti hadayassa santi viditā hoti.Because he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape, and he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, he knew that he had reached the goal, peace of heart.

5.1Āpokasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …pe…Some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal water to be the ultimate. Thinking ‘this is the goal’, they are reborn. …5.2tejokasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …Some ascetics and brahmins regard the attainment of the meditation on universal fire …5.3vāyokasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal air …5.4nīlakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal blue …5.5pītakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal yellow …5.6lohitakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal red …5.7odātakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal white …5.8ākāsakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini …universal space …5.9viññāṇakasiṇasamāpattiparamā kho, bhagini, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā ‘attho’ti abhinibbattesuṁ.universal consciousness to be the ultimate. Thinking ‘this is the goal’, they are reborn.5.10Yāvatā kho, bhagini, viññāṇakasiṇasamāpattiparamatā, tadabhiññāsi bhagavā.The Buddha directly knew the extent to which the attainment of the meditation on universal consciousness was the ultimate.5.11Tadabhiññāya bhagavā assādamaddasa … ādīnavamaddasa … nissaraṇamaddasa … maggāmaggañāṇadassanamaddasa …Directly knowing this he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape. And he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path.5.12tassa assādadassanahetu ādīnavadassanahetu nissaraṇadassanahetu maggāmaggañāṇadassanahetu atthassa patti hadayassa santi viditā hoti.Because he saw the beginning, the drawback, and the escape, and he saw the knowledge and vision of what is the path and what is not the path, he knew that he had reached the goal, peace of heart.

5.13Iti kho, bhagini, yaṁ taṁ vuttaṁ bhagavatā kumāripañhesu:So, sister, that’s how to understand the detailed meaning of what the Buddha said in brief in ‘The Maidens’ Questions’:

6.1PTS 5.48‘Atthassa pattiṁ hadayassa santiṁ,‘I’ve reached the goal, peace of heart.6.2Jetvāna senaṁ piyasātarūpaṁ;Having conquered the army <j>of the likable and pleasant,6.3Ekohaṁ jhāyaṁ sukhamanubodhiṁ,alone, practicing absorption, I awakened to bliss.6.4Tasmā janena na karomi sakkhiṁ;That’s why I don’t get too close to people,6.5Sakkhī na sampajjati kenaci me’ti.and no one gets too close to me.’”

7.1Imassa kho, bhagini, bhagavatā saṅkhittena bhāsitassa evaṁ vitthārena attho daṭṭhabbo”ti.

7.2Chaṭṭhaṁ.