1.1“Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā ahesuṁ mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.“Mendicants, all the ascetics and brahmins in the past,1.2Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā bhavissanti mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.future,1.3Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā, sabbe te catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.or present who are mighty and powerful have become so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power.

2.1PTS 5.274Katamesaṁ catunnaṁ?What four?2.2Idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu chandasamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti,It’s when a mendicant develops the basis of psychic power that has immersion due to enthusiasm …2.3vīriyasamādhi …pe…energy …2.4cittasamādhi …mental development …2.5vīmaṁsāsamādhippadhānasaṅkhārasamannāgataṁ iddhipādaṁ bhāveti.inquiry, and active effort.2.6Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, atītamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā ahesuṁ mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.All the ascetics and brahmins in the past,2.7Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, anāgatamaddhānaṁ samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā bhavissanti mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā.future,2.8Ye hi keci, bhikkhave, etarahi samaṇā vā brāhmaṇā vā mahiddhikā mahānubhāvā, sabbe te imesaṁyeva catunnaṁ iddhipādānaṁ bhāvitattā bahulīkatattā”ti.or present who are mighty and powerful have become so by developing and cultivating the four bases of psychic power.”

2.9Chaṭṭhaṁ.