1.1Bārāṇasiyaṁ viharanti isipatane migadāye …pe…At Varanasi.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 rūpassa samudayañca atthaṅgamañca assādañca ādīnavañca nissaraṇañca yathābhūtaṁ pajānāti.“Reverend, a learned noble disciple truly understands 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 pajānāti.and consciousness.

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

2.8Sattamaṁ.