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Textual Analysis (2nd)

Dutiyapaṭisambhidāsutta

With seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 7.39Numbered Discourses 7.39
  • 0.24. Devatāvagga4. Deities

0.3DutiyapaṭisambhidāsuttaTextual Analysis (2nd)

1.1“Sattahi, bhikkhave, dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharati.“Mendicants, having seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis and lives having achieved them with his own insight.1.2Katamehi sattahi?What seven?

1.3Idha, bhikkhave, sāriputto ‘idaṁ me cetaso līnattan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;It’s when Sāriputta truly understood: ‘This is mental sluggishness’.

1.4ajjhattaṁ saṅkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘ajjhattaṁ me saṅkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;He truly understood internally constricted mind as ‘internally constricted mind’.

1.5bahiddhā vikkhittaṁ vā cittaṁ ‘bahiddhā me vikkhittaṁ cittan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;He truly understood externally scattered mind as ‘externally scattered mind’.

1.6tassa viditā vedanā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;He knew feelings, perceptions, and thoughts as they arose, as they remained, and as they went away.1.7viditā saññā …pe…1.8vitakkā uppajjanti, viditā upaṭṭhahanti, viditā abbhatthaṁ gacchanti;

1.9sappāyāsappāyesu kho panassa dhammesu hīnappaṇītesu kaṇhasukkasappaṭibhāgesu nimittaṁ suggahitaṁ sumanasikataṁ sūpadhāritaṁ suppaṭividdhaṁ paññāya.The patterns of qualities—suitable or unsuitable, inferior or superior, or those with a portion of dark or bright—were properly grasped, focused on, borne in mind, and penetrated with wisdom.

1.10Imehi kho, bhikkhave, sattahi dhammehi samannāgato sāriputto catasso paṭisambhidā sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharatī”ti.Having these seven qualities, Sāriputta realized the four kinds of textual analysis and lives having achieved them with his own insight.”

1.11Aṭṭhamaṁ.