1.1Rājā āha—The king asked:1.2“bhante nāgasena, sakkā sabbaṁ sukhumaṁ chinditun”ti?“Venerable Nāgasena, is it possible to cut through the subtlest of all things?”1.3“Āma, mahārāja, sakkā sabbaṁ sukhumaṁ chinditun”ti.“Yes, your majesty, it is possible to cut through the subtlest of all things.”1.4“Kiṁ pana, bhante, sabbaṁ sukhuman”ti?“Then what, venerable sir, is the subtlest of all things?”1.5“Dhammo kho, mahārāja, sabbasukhumo, na kho, mahārāja, dhammā sabbe sukhumā, ‘sukhuman’ti vā ‘thūlan’ti vā dhammānametamadhivacanaṁ.“The Dhamma, your majesty, is the subtlest of all things. But not all qualities are subtle, your majesty, subtle or coarse is a designation for a quality.1.6Yaṁ kiñci chinditabbaṁ, sabbaṁ taṁ paññāya chindati, natthi dutiyaṁ paññāya chedanan”ti.Whatever is to be cut through, all that is cut through by wisdom. There is nothing else other than wisdom for cutting through.”

2.1“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.“You are clever, Venerable Nāgasena!”

3.1Sukhumapañho cuddasamo.Question on the Subtle fourteenth