Dighanikaya 9.414_4

9.414_4

Anupubbābhisaññānirodhasampajānasamāpattinti ettha abhīti upasaggamattaṃ, sampajānapadaṃ nirodhapadena antarikaṃ katvā vuttaṃ. Anupaṭipāṭiyā sampajānasaññānirodhasamāpattīti ayaṃ panetthattho. Tatrāpi sampajānasaññānirodhasamāpattīti sampajānantassa ante saññā nirodhasamāpatti sampajānantassa vā paṇḍitassa bhikkhuno saññānirodhasamāpattīti ayaṃ visesattho.

'The mindful attainment of the gradual cessation of higher perceptions': here, 'abhi' is merely a prefix; the word 'sampajāna' is spoken intervening with the word 'nirodha'. The meaning here is: the mindful cessation-attainment of perceptions in gradual succession. Even there, 'the mindful attainment of the cessation of perceptions' means the cessation-attainment of perceptions at the end of one who is mindful, or the cessation-attainment of perceptions of a wise bhikkhu who is mindful—this is the distinctive meaning.