Pathikasutta 2.14.1-13

Pāthikasutta 2.14.1-13

Language: Pāli

2.14.1

Aggaññañcāhaṃ, bhaggava, pajānāmi.

Bhaggava, I understand the origin of the world.
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2.14.2

Tañca pajānāmi, tato ca uttaritaraṃ pajānāmi, tañca pajānaṃ na parāmasāmi, aparāmasato ca me paccattaññeva nibbuti viditā, yadabhijānaṃ tathāgato no anayaṃ āpajjati.

I understand this, and what goes beyond it. Yet since I do not misapprehend that understanding, I have realized quenching within myself. Directly knowing this, the Realized One does not come to ruin.
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2.14.3

Santi, bhaggava, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā issarakuttaṃ brahmakuttaṃ ācariyakaṃ aggaññaṃ paññapenti.

There are some ascetics and brahmins who describe the origin of the world in their denomination as created by the God Almighty, by the Divinity.
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2.14.4

Tyāhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evaṃ vadāmi:

I go up to them and say,
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2.14.5

‘saccaṃ kira tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṃ brahmakuttaṃ ācariyakaṃ aggaññaṃ paññapethā’ti?

‘Is it really true that this is the venerables’ view?’
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2.14.6

Te ca me evaṃ puṭṭhā, ‘āmo’ti paṭijānanti.

And they answer, ‘Yes’.
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2.14.7

Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi:

I say to them,
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2.14.8

‘kathaṃvihitakaṃ pana tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṃ brahmakuttaṃ ācariyakaṃ aggaññaṃ paññapethā’ti?

‘But how do you describe in your denomination that the origin of the world came about as created by the God Almighty, by the Divinity?’
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2.14.9

Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti.

But they are stumped by my question, and they even question me in return.
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2.14.10

Tesāhaṃ puṭṭho byākaromi:

So I answer them,
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2.14.11

‘Hoti kho so, āvuso, samayo yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko saṃvaṭṭati.

‘There comes a time when, reverends, after a very long period has passed, this cosmos contracts.
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2.14.12

Saṃvaṭṭamāne loke yebhuyyena sattā ābhassarasaṃvattanikā honti.

As the cosmos contracts, sentient beings are mostly headed for the realm of sublime luminosity.
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2.14.13

Te tattha honti manomayā pītibhakkhā sayaṃpabhā antalikkhacarā subhaṭṭhāyino ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭhanti.

There they are mind-made, feeding on rapture, self-radiant, wandering in midair, steadily glorious, and they remain like that for a very long time.
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