1.1PTS 3.173Ekaṁ samayaṁ āyasmā ca sāriputto āyasmā ca mahākoṭṭhiko bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…At one time Venerable Sāriputta and Venerable Mahākoṭṭhita were staying near Varanasi in the deer park at Isipatana. …

1.2ekamantaṁ nisinno kho āyasmā mahākoṭṭhiko āyasmantaṁ sāriputtaṁ etadavoca:Mahākoṭṭhita said to Sāriputta:

1.3“‘vijjā, vijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘knowledge’.1.4Katamā nu kho, āvuso, vijjā;What is knowledge?1.5kittāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is a knowing one defined?”

2.1“Idhāvuso, sutavā ariyasāvako samudayadhammaṁ rūpaṁ ‘samudayadhammaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti; vayadhammaṁ rūpaṁ …pe… samudayavayadhammaṁ rūpaṁ ‘samudayavayadhammaṁ rūpan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti;“Reverend, it’s when a learned noble disciple truly understands form, which is liable to originate … liable to vanish … liable to originate and vanish, as form which is liable to originate and vanish.

2.2samudayadhammaṁ vedanaṁ …pe… samudayavayadhammā vedanā …They truly understand feeling …2.3samudayadhammaṁ saññaṁ …pe…perception …2.4samudayadhamme saṅkhāre … vayadhamme saṅkhāre … samudayavayadhamme saṅkhāre ‘samudayavayadhammā saṅkhārā’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.choices …2.5Samudayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ … vayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ … samudayavayadhammaṁ viññāṇaṁ ‘samudayavayadhammaṁ viññāṇan’ti yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.consciousness, which is liable to originate … liable to vanish … liable to originate and vanish, as consciousness which is liable to originate and vanish.

2.6Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, vijjā;This is called knowledge.2.7ettāvatā ca vijjāgato hotī”ti.And this is how a knowing one is defined.”

2.8Tatiyaṁ.