Dighanikaya 1.1_8

1.1_8

Evametesu tīsu padesu evanti sotaviññāṇādiviññāṇakiccanidassanaṃ. Meti vuttaviññāṇasamaṅgipuggalanidassanaṃ. Sutanti assavanabhāvapaṭikkhepato anūnādhikāviparītaggahaṇanidassanaṃ. Tathā evanti tassā sotadvārānusārena pavattāya viññāṇavīthiyā nānappakārena ārammaṇe pavattibhāvappakāsanaṃ. Meti attappakāsanaṃ. Sutanti dhammappakāsanaṃ. Ayañhettha saṅkhepo – ‘‘nānappakārena ārammaṇe pavattāya viññāṇavīthiyā mayā na aññaṃ kataṃ, idaṃ pana kataṃ, ayaṃ dhammo suto’’ti.

Thus among these three words: evaṃ is an indication of the function of consciousness such as ear-consciousness; me is an indication of the person endowed with the aforesaid consciousness; sutaṃ is an indication of apprehension that is not deficient, not excessive, and not contrary, through the rejection of non-hearing. Likewise, evaṃ reveals that cognitive process, which occurred following the ear-door, occurring in various ways regarding the object; me reveals oneself; sutaṃ reveals the Dhamma. For this is the summary here: "Through a cognitive process occurring in various ways regarding the object, nothing else was done by me; but this was done: this Dhamma was heard."