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

2.1“Diṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.“Mendicants, I’ve seen beings who engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind, who did not denounce the noble ones, who held right view and acted accordingly.2.2Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā.At the breaking up of the body, after death, they were reborn in a good destination, a heavenly realm.

3.1Taṁ kho panāhaṁ, bhikkhave, nāññassa samaṇassa vā brāhmaṇassa vā sutvā vadāmi.Now, I don’t say this because I’ve heard it from some other ascetic or brahmin.3.2Diṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.3.3Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā.3.4Api ca, bhikkhave, yadeva sāmaṁ ñātaṁ sāmaṁ diṭṭhaṁ sāmaṁ viditaṁ tadevāhaṁ vadāmi.I only say it because I’ve known, seen, and realized it for myself.”

4.1Diṭṭhā mayā, bhikkhave, sattā kāyasucaritena samannāgatā vacīsucaritena samannāgatā manosucaritena samannāgatā ariyānaṁ anupavādakā sammādiṭṭhikā sammādiṭṭhikammasamādānā.4.2Te kāyassa bhedā paraṁ maraṇā sugatiṁ saggaṁ lokaṁ upapannā”ti.

4.3Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca.The Buddha spoke this matter.4.4Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:On this it is said:

5.1“Sammā manaṁ paṇidhāya,“When the mind has been directed right,5.2sammā vācañca bhāsiya;and words rightly spoken,5.3Sammā kammāni katvāna,and right bodily deeds have been done,5.4kāyena idha puggalo.an individual here

6.1Bahussuto puññakaro,learned, doer of good deeds,6.2appasmiṁ idha jīvite;though their life may be short,6.3Kāyassa bhedā sappañño,when their body breaks up, that wise person6.4saggaṁ so upapajjatī”ti.is reborn in heaven.”

7.1Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.This too is a matter that was spoken by the Blessed One: that is what I heard.

7.2Dutiyaṁ.