Kathavatthu 3.10.3

3.10.3.1

Nanu asaṃvarā saṃvaro sīlaṃ, atthi devesu saṃvaroti?

Is not virtue restraint from non-restraint, and is there restraint among the devas?

Granting that virtue is restraint from absence of self-restraint, does this restraint exist among devas? “Yes”, you say, but you are hereby implying also the coexistence of absence of self-restraint. And this you deny.

3.10.3.2

Āmantā.

Yes.

3.10.3.3

Atthi devesu asaṃvaro, yamhā asaṃvarā saṃvaro sīlanti?

Is there non-restraint among the devas, from which non-restraint restraint is virtue?

3.10.3.4

Na hevaṃ vattabbe …pe….

It should not be said thus …pe….