Viyahapannatti 13.7.589

13.7.589

rāyagihe jāva evaṃ vayāsī–āyā bhaṃte! bhāsā? annā bhāsā?
goyamā! no āyā bhāsā, annā bhāsā|
rūviṃ bhaṃte! bhāsā? arūviṃ bhāsā?
goyamā! rūviṃ bhāsā, no arūviṃ bhāsā|
sacittā bhaṃte! bhāsā? acittā bhāsā?
goyamā! no sacittā bhāsā, acittā bhāsā|
jīvā bhaṃte! bhāsā? ajīvā bhāsā?
goyamā! no jīvā bhāsā, ajīvā bhāsā|
jīvāṇaṃ bhaṃte! bhāsā? ajīvāṇaṃ bhāsā?
goyamā! jīvāṇaṃ bhāsā, no ajīvāṇaṃ bhāsā|
puvviṃ bhaṃte! bhāsā? bhāsijjamāṇī bhāsā? bhāsāsamayavītikkaṃtā bhāsā?
goyamā! no puvviṃ bhāsā, bhāsijjamāṇī bhāsā, no bhāsāsamayavītikkaṃtā bhāsā|
puvviṃ bhaṃte! bhāsā bhijjati? bhāsijjamāṇī bhāsā bhijjati? bhāsāsamayavītikkaṃtā bhāsā bhijjati?
goyamā! no puvviṃ bhāsā bhijjati, bhāsijjamāṇī bhāsā bhijjati, no bhāsāsamayavītikkaṃtā bhāsā bhijjati|
kativihā ṇaṃ bhaṃte! bhāsā pannattā?
goyamā! cauvvihā bhāsā pannattā, taṃ jahā–saccā, mosā, saccāmosā, asaccāmosā|

At Rājagṛha, up to [Gautama] spoke thus:
'Is speech the soul, Venerable Sir, or is speech something else?'
'Gautama, speech is not the soul; speech is something else.'
'Is speech possessed of form, Venerable Sir, or formless?'
'Gautama, speech has form; it is not formless.'
'Is speech animate, Venerable Sir, or inanimate?'
'Gautama, speech is not animate; it is inanimate.'
'Is speech a soul, Venerable Sir, or a non-soul?'
'Gautama, speech is not a soul; it is a non-soul.'
'Does speech belong to souls, Venerable Sir, or to non-souls?'
'Gautama, speech belongs to souls, not to non-souls.'
'Is speech present beforehand, Venerable Sir, or while being spoken, or when the moment of speaking has elapsed?'
'Gautama, it is not speech beforehand, it is speech while being spoken, it is not speech when the moment of speaking has elapsed.'
'Does speech divide beforehand, Venerable Sir, or does it divide while being spoken, or does it divide when the moment of speaking has elapsed?'
'Gautama, it does not divide beforehand, it divides while being spoken, it does not divide when the moment of speaking has elapsed.'
'How many kinds of speech are declared, Venerable Sir?'
'Gautama, four kinds of speech are declared, namely: true, false, true-and-false, and neither-true-nor-false.'