1.1Tatra kho āyasmā sāriputto bhikkhū āmantesi:There Sāriputta addressed the mendicants:1.2“āvuso bhikkhave”ti.“Reverends, mendicants!”

1.3“Āvuso”ti kho te bhikkhū āyasmato sāriputtassa paccassosuṁ.“Reverend,” they replied.1.4Āyasmā sāriputto etadavoca:Sāriputta said this:

2.1“Addhamāsūpasampannena me, āvuso, atthapaṭisambhidā sacchikatā odhiso byañjanaso.“Reverends, I realized the textual analysis of the meaning—piece by piece and expression by expression—a fortnight after I ordained.2.2Tamahaṁ anekapariyāyena ācikkhāmi desemi paññāpemi paṭṭhapemi vivarāmi vibhajāmi uttānīkaromi.In many ways I explain, teach, assert, establish, clarify, analyze, and reveal it.2.3Yassa kho panassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, so maṁ pañhena.Whoever has any doubt or uncertainty, let them ask me,2.4Ahaṁ veyyākaraṇena sammukhībhūto no satthā yo no dhammānaṁ sukusalo.I will answer. Our teacher is present, he who is so very skilled in our teachings.

3.1Addhamāsūpasampannena me, āvuso, dhammapaṭisambhidā sacchikatā odhiso byañjanaso.I realized the textual analysis of the text—piece by piece and expression by expression—a fortnight after I ordained. …3.2Tamahaṁ anekapariyāyena ācikkhāmi desemi paññāpemi paṭṭhapemi vivarāmi vibhajāmi uttānīkaromi.3.3Yassa kho panassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, so maṁ pañhena.3.4Ahaṁ veyyākaraṇena sammukhībhūto no satthā yo no dhammānaṁ sukusalo.

4.1Addhamāsūpasampannena me, āvuso, niruttipaṭisambhidā sacchikatā odhiso byañjanaso.I realized the textual analysis of definition—piece by piece and expression by expression—a fortnight after I ordained. …4.2Tamahaṁ anekapariyāyena ācikkhāmi desemi paññāpemi paṭṭhapemi vivarāmi vibhajāmi uttānīkaromi.4.3Yassa kho panassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, so maṁ pañhena.4.4Ahaṁ veyyākaraṇena sammukhībhūto no satthā yo no dhammānaṁ sukusalo.

5.1Addhamāsūpasampannena me, āvuso, paṭibhānapaṭisambhidā sacchikatā odhiso byañjanaso.I realized the textual analysis of eloquence—piece by piece and expression by expression—a fortnight after I ordained.5.2Tamahaṁ anekapariyāyena ācikkhāmi desemi paññāpemi paṭṭhapemi vivarāmi vibhajāmi uttānīkaromi.In many ways I explain, teach, assert, establish, clarify, analyze, and reveal it.5.3Yassa kho panassa kaṅkhā vā vimati vā, so maṁ pañhena.If anyone has any doubt or uncertainty, let them ask me,5.4Ahaṁ veyyākaraṇena sammukhībhūto no satthā yo no dhammānaṁ sukusalo”ti.I will answer. Our teacher is present, he who is so very skilled in our teachings.”

5.5Dutiyaṁ.