Dighanikaya 24.37

24.37

Idāni yaṃ taṃ titthiyā aggaññaṃ paññapenti, taṃ dassento santi bhaggavātiādimāha. Tattha issarakuttaṃ brahmakuttanti issarakataṃ brahmakataṃ, issaranimmitaṃ brahmanimmitanti attho. Brahmā eva hi ettha ādhipaccabhāvena issaroti veditabbo. Ācariyakanti ācariyabhāvaṃ ācariyavādaṃ. Tattha ācariyavādo aggaññaṃ. Aggaññaṃ pana ettha desitanti katvā so aggaññaṃ tveva vutto. Kathaṃ vihitakanti kena vihitaṃ kinti vihitaṃ. Sesaṃ brahmajāle vitthāritanayeneva veditabbaṃ.

Now, showing that which the sectarians designate as the primordial beginning, he said ‘There are, Bhaggava,’ and so on. Therein, ‘Created by the Lord, created by Brahmā’ means made by the Lord, made by Brahmā; created by the Lord, created by Brahmā is the meaning. For here Brahmā alone is to be understood as the Lord by virtue of his supremacy. ‘The teacher's lineage’ means the status of a teacher, the doctrine of the teacher. Therein, the teacher's doctrine is the primordial beginning. However, because the primordial beginning is taught here, it is spoken of simply as ‘the primordial beginning’. ‘How it was ordained’ means by whom it was ordained, how it was ordained. The rest is to be understood according to the manner detailed in the Brahmajāla.