1.1Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:This was said by the Buddha, the Perfected One: that is what I heard.

2.1“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ nappajānanti—“Mendicants, there are ascetics and brahmins who don’t truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.2.2na me te, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu vā samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu vā brāhmaṇasammatā, na ca panete āyasmanto sāmaññatthaṁ vā brahmaññatthaṁ vā diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharanti.I don’t deem them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables don’t realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and don’t live having realized it with their own insight in this very life.

3.1Ye ca kho keci, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā ‘idaṁ dukkhan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhasamudayo’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodho’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti; ‘ayaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānanti—There are ascetics and brahmins who truly understand about suffering, its origin, its cessation, and the path.3.2te kho me, bhikkhave, samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā samaṇesu ceva samaṇasammatā brāhmaṇesu ca brāhmaṇasammatā, te ca panāyasmanto sāmaññatthañca brahmaññatthañca diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharantī”ti.I regard them as true ascetics and brahmins. Those venerables realize the goal of life as an ascetic or brahmin, and live having realized it with their own insight.”

3.3Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.3.4Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

4.1“Ye dukkhaṁ nappajānanti,“There are those who don’t understand suffering4.2atho dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;and suffering’s cause,4.3Yattha ca sabbaso dukkhaṁ,and where all suffering4.4asesaṁ uparujjhati;cease with no residue left behind.4.5Tañca maggaṁ na jānanti,And they do not know the path4.6dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.that leads to the stilling of suffering.

5.1Cetovimuttihīnā te,They lack the heart’s release,5.2Atho paññāvimuttiyā;as well as the release by wisdom.5.3Abhabbā te antakiriyāya,Unable to make an end,5.4Te ve jātijarūpagā.they continue to be reborn and grow old.

6.1Ye ca dukkhaṁ pajānanti,But there are those who understand suffering6.2atho dukkhassa sambhavaṁ;and suffering’s cause,6.3Yattha ca sabbaso dukkhaṁ,and where all suffering6.4asesaṁ uparujjhati;cease with no residue left behind.6.5Tañca maggaṁ pajānanti,And they understand the path6.6dukkhūpasamagāminaṁ.that leads to the stilling of suffering.

7.1Cetovimuttisampannā,They’re endowed with the heart’s release,7.2atho paññāvimuttiyā;as well as the release by wisdom.7.3Bhabbā te antakiriyāya,Able to make an end,7.4na te jātijarūpagā”ti.they don’t continue to be reborn and grow old.”

8.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

8.2Catutthaṁ.