Dighanikaya 29.192

29.192

Tatrāti tesu samaṇabrāhmaṇesu. Atthi nu kho idaṃ āvuso vuccatīti, āvuso, yaṃ tumhehi sassato attā ca loko cāti vuccati, idamatthi nu kho udāhu natthīti evamahaṃ te pucchāmīti attho. Yañca kho te evamāhaṃsūti yaṃ pana te ‘‘idameva saccaṃ moghamañña’’nti vadanti, taṃ tesaṃ nānujānāmi. Paññattiyāti diṭṭhipaññattiyā. Samasamanti samena ñāṇena samaṃ. Yadidaṃ adhipaññattīti yā ayaṃ adhipaññatti nāma. Ettha ahameva bhiyyo uttaritaro na mayā samo atthi. Tattha yañca vuttaṃ ‘‘paññattiyāti yañca adhipaññattī’’ti ubhayametaṃ atthato ekaṃ. Bhedato hi paññatti adhipaññattīti dvayaṃ hoti. Tattha paññatti nāma diṭṭhipaññatti. Adhipaññatti nāma khandhapaññatti dhātupaññatti āyatanapaññatti indriyapaññatti saccapaññatti puggalapaññattīti evaṃ vuttā cha paññattiyo. Idha pana paññattiyāti etthāpi paññatti ceva adhipaññatti ca adhippetā, adhipaññattīti etthāpi. Bhagavā hi paññattiyāpi anuttaro, adhipaññattiyāpi anuttaro. Tenāha – ‘‘ahameva tattha bhiyyo yadidaṃ adhipaññattī’’ti.

'Therein' means among those ascetics and brahmins. 'Friend, is this spoken of as existing?' means: 'Friend, that which is spoken of by you as “the self and the world are eternal,” does this exist or does it not exist?'—this is how I ask you, is the meaning. 'And that which they said in this way' means: that they say 'Only this is true, the other is foolish,' I do not concede to them. 'By description' means by the description of views. 'Equal to equal' means equal by equal knowledge. 'That is to say, super-description' means that which is called super-description. Here, I alone am greater, superior; there is none equal to me. In that regard, both what was said as 'by description' and as 'super-description' are identical in meaning. For by division, there is the pair: description and super-description. Therein, 'description' is the description of views. 'Super-description' is the six descriptions spoken of as: description of aggregates, description of elements, description of sense bases, description of faculties, description of truths, and description of persons. But here, 'by description' means both description and super-description are intended, and in 'super-description' as well. For the Blessed One is supreme in description and supreme in super-description. Therefore he said: 'I alone am greater therein, that is to say, super-description.'