1.1“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, suvidūravidūrāni.∥“Mendicants, these four things are very far apart.1.2Katamāni cattāri?What four?1.3Nabhañca, bhikkhave, pathavī ca;The firmament and the earth. …1.4idaṁ paṭhamaṁ suvidūravidūre.1.5Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ samuddassa pārimañca;The near and the far shore of the ocean. …1.6idaṁ dutiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.1.7Yato ca, bhikkhave, verocano abbhudeti yattha ca atthameti;Where the dazzling sun rises and where it sets. …1.8idaṁ tatiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.1.9Satañca, bhikkhave, dhammo asatañca dhammo;The teaching of the virtuous and the teaching of the wicked. …1.10idaṁ catutthaṁ suvidūravidūre.1.11Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri suvidūravidūrānīti.These are the four things very far apart.

2.1PTS 2.51Nabhañca dūre pathavī ca dūre,∥The firmament is far from the earth;2.2Pāraṁ samuddassa tadāhu dūre;they say the other shore of the ocean is far;2.3Yato ca verocano abbhudeti,and where the dazzling sun rises is far2.4Pabhaṅkaro yattha ca atthameti;from where that beacon sets.2.5Tato have dūrataraṁ vadanti,But even further apart than that, they say,2.6Satañca dhammaṁ asatañca dhammaṁ.is the teaching of the virtuous from the wicked.

3.1Abyāyiko hoti sataṁ samāgamo,∥The company of the virtuous is reliable;3.2Yāvāpi tiṭṭheyya tatheva hoti;as long as it remains, it stays the same.3.3Khippañhi veti asataṁ samāgamo,But the company of the wicked is fickle,3.4Tasmā sataṁ dhammo asabbhi ārakā”ti.and so the teaching of the virtuous <j>is far from the wicked.”

3.5Sattamaṁ.