[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Pathikasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24) › 2.14 # Pathikasutta 2.14: 6. Aggaññapaññattikathā Pāthikasutta 2.14 - **Language:** Pāli ### 6. Aggaññapaññattikathā ### [2.14.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.1) Aggaññañcāhaṃ, bhaggava, pajānāmi. > Bhaggava, I understand the origin of the world. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.2) 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. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.3) 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. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.4) Tyāhaṃ upasaṅkamitvā evaṃ vadāmi: > I go up to them and say, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.5) ‘saccaṃ kira tumhe āyasmanto issarakuttaṃ brahmakuttaṃ ācariyakaṃ aggaññaṃ paññapethā’ti? > ‘Is it really true that this is the venerables’ view?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.6) Te ca me evaṃ puṭṭhā, ‘āmo’ti paṭijānanti. > And they answer, ‘Yes’. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.7) Tyāhaṃ evaṃ vadāmi: > I say to them, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.8) ‘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?’ > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.9) Te mayā puṭṭhā na sampāyanti, asampāyantā mamaññeva paṭipucchanti. > But they are stumped by my question, and they even question me in return. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.10) Tesāhaṃ puṭṭho byākaromi: > So I answer them, > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.11) ‘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. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.12) Saṃvaṭṭamāne loke yebhuyyena sattā ābhassarasaṃvattanikā honti. > As the cosmos contracts, sentient beings are mostly headed for the realm of sublime luminosity. > — About Pāṭikaputta ### [2.14.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14.13) 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. > — About Pāṭikaputta ## Translations (3) - [O Pāṭhikaputti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~sr-brankokovacevic.2.14.1) — sr - [About Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~en-sujato.2.14.1) — English - [Über Pāṭikaputta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24~de-sabbamitta.2.14.1) — German ## Commentaries (1) - [Sumaṅgalavilāsinī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.24.36) — Buddhaghosa, Pāli ## Linked texts (3) - [Brahmajālasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.1.1.36.3) — Pāli - [Aggaññasutta](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.27.10.1) — Pāli - [長阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.dirghagama*zh-buddhayasas.15.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha.24.2.14) · Pramāṇa