1.1Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…At Varanasi.

1.2“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, āvuso sāriputta, vuccati.“Reverend Sāriputta, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.1.3Katamā nu kho, āvuso, avijjā;What is ignorance?1.4kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?And how is an ignoramus defined?”

2.1“Idhāvuso, assutavā puthujjano rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.“Reverend, an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t truly understand the origin, the disappearance, the gratification, the drawback, and the escape when it comes to form,2.2Vedanāya …pe…feeling,2.3saññāya …perception,2.4saṅkhārānaṁ …choices,2.5viññāṇassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ nappajānāti.and consciousness.

2.6Ayaṁ vuccatāvuso, avijjā;This is called ignorance.2.7ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”

2.8Chaṭṭhaṁ.