Pasadikasutta 34.1-24

34.1

Yepi te, cunda, pubbantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, tepi vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

Cunda, I have explained to you as they should be explained the views that some rely on regarding the first beginning.

34.2

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

Shall I explain them to you in the wrong way?

34.3

Yepi te, cunda, aparantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, tepi vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

I have explained to you as they should be explained the views that some rely on regarding the final end.

34.4

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

Shall I explain them to you in the wrong way?

34.5

Katame ca te, cunda, pubbantasahagatā diṭṭhinissayā, ye vo mayā byākatā, yathā te byākātabbā.

What are the views that some rely on regarding the first beginning?

34.6

Yathā ca te na byākātabbā, kiṃ vo ahaṃ te tathā byākarissāmi?

34.7

Santi kho, cunda, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino:

There are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:

34.8

‘sassato attā ca loko ca, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

‘The self and the cosmos are eternal. This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’

34.9

Santi pana, cunda, eke samaṇabrāhmaṇā evaṃvādino evaṃdiṭṭhino:

There are some ascetics and brahmins who have this doctrine and view:

34.10

‘asassato attā ca loko ca …pe…

‘The self and the cosmos are not eternal,

34.11

sassato ca asassato ca attā ca loko ca …

or both eternal and not eternal,

34.12

neva sassato nāsassato attā ca loko ca …

or neither eternal nor not eternal.

34.13

sayaṅkato attā ca loko ca …

The self and the cosmos are made by oneself,

34.14

paraṅkato attā ca loko ca …

or made by another,

34.15

sayaṅkato ca paraṅkato ca attā ca loko ca …

or made by both oneself and another,

34.16

asayaṅkāro aparaṅkāro adhiccasamuppanno attā ca loko ca, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

or they have arisen anomalously, not made by oneself or another.

34.17

‘Sassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

Pleasure and pain are eternal,

34.18

asassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

or not eternal,

34.19

sassatañca asassatañca sukhadukkhaṃ …

or both eternal and not eternal,

34.20

nevasassataṃ nāsassataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

or neither eternal nor not eternal.

34.21

sayaṅkataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

Pleasure and pain are made by oneself,

34.22

paraṅkataṃ sukhadukkhaṃ …

or made by another,

34.23

sayaṅkatañca paraṅkatañca sukhadukkhaṃ …

or made by both oneself and another,

34.24

asayaṅkāraṃ aparaṅkāraṃ adhiccasamuppannaṃ sukhadukkhaṃ, idameva saccaṃ moghamaññan’ti.

or they have arisen anomalously, not made by oneself or another. This is the only truth, anything else is futile.’