Tevijjasutta 14.1-12

14.1

“Iti kira, vāseṭṭha, natthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ekabrāhmaṇopi, yena brahmā sakkhidiṭṭho.

“So it seems that none of those brahmins have seen the Divinity with their own eyes,

14.2

Natthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ekācariyopi, yena brahmā sakkhidiṭṭho.

14.3

Natthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ ekācariyapācariyopi, yena brahmā sakkhidiṭṭho.

14.4

Natthi koci tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ yāva sattamā ācariyāmahayugā yena brahmā sakkhidiṭṭho.

14.5

Yepi kira tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ pubbakā isayo mantānaṃ kattāro mantānaṃ pavattāro, yesamidaṃ etarahi tevijjā brāhmaṇā porāṇaṃ mantapadaṃ gītaṃ pavuttaṃ samihitaṃ, tadanugāyanti, tadanubhāsanti, bhāsitamanubhāsanti, vācitamanuvācenti, seyyathidaṃ—aṭṭhako vāmako vāmadevo vessāmitto yamataggi aṅgīraso bhāradvājo vāseṭṭho kassapo bhagu, tepi na evamāhaṃsu:

and not even the ancient seers

14.6

‘mayametaṃ jānāma, mayametaṃ passāma, yattha vā brahmā, yena vā brahmā, yahiṃ vā brahmā’ti.

claimed to know where he is.

14.7

Teva tevijjā brāhmaṇā evamāhaṃsu:

Yet the brahmins proficient in the three Vedas say:

14.8

‘yaṃ na jānāma, yaṃ na passāma, tassa sahabyatāya maggaṃ desema.

‘We teach the path to the company of that which we neither know nor see.

14.9

Ayameva ujumaggo ayamañjasāyano niyyāniko, niyyāti takkarassa brahmasahabyatāyā’ti.

This is the only straight path, the direct route that delivers one who applies it to the company of Divinity.’

14.10

Taṃ kiṃ maññasi, vāseṭṭha,

What do you think, Vāseṭṭha?

14.11

nanu evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti?

This being so, doesn’t their statement turn out to have no demonstrable basis?”

14.12

“Addhā kho, bho gotama, evaṃ sante tevijjānaṃ brāhmaṇānaṃ appāṭihīrakataṃ bhāsitaṃ sampajjatī”ti.

“Clearly that’s the case, worthy Gotama.”