Many Elements · Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato, SuttaCentral
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it is impossible that this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
there is no chanceanavakāso
thatyaṁ
of bad bodily conductkāyaduccaritassa
likableiṭṭho
desirablekanto
agreeablemanāpo
resultvipāko
might producenibbatteyya,
not thisnetaṁ
caseṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti;
but it is possible‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
of bad bodily conductkāyaduccaritassa
unlikableaniṭṭho
undesirableakanto
disagreeableamanāpo
resultvipāko
might producenibbatteyya,
it is possible that thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti.
it is impossible that this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
there is no chanceanavakāso
thatyaṁ
of bad verbal conductvacīduccaritassa
…pe……pe…
thatyaṁ
of bad mental conductmanoduccaritassa
likableiṭṭho
desirablekanto
agreeablemanāpo
resultvipāko
might producenibbatteyya,
not thisnetaṁ
caseṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti;
but it is possibleṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
of bad verbal conductvacīduccaritassa
…pe……pe…
thatyaṁ
of bad mental conductmanoduccaritassa
unlikableaniṭṭho
undesirableakanto
disagreeableamanāpo
resultvipāko
might producenibbatteyya,
it is possible that thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatīti
one understandspajānāti.
They understand: ‘It’s impossible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind. But it is possible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from bad conduct of body, speech, and mind.’
impossibility, this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
is not an opportunityanavakāso
thatyaṁ
of good bodily conductkāyasucaritassa
unlikableaniṭṭho
undesirableakanto
disagreeableamanāpo
resultvipāko
would producenibbatteyya,
not thisnetaṁ
caseṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti;
a case indeed, this‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
of good bodily conductkāyasucaritassa
likableiṭṭho
desirablekanto
agreeablemanāpo
resultvipāko
would producenibbatteyya,
case, thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti.
impossibility, this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
is not an opportunityanavakāso
thatyaṁ
of good verbal conductvacīsucaritassa
… pe ……pe…
thatyaṁ
of good mental conductmanosucaritassa
unlikableaniṭṭho
undesirableakanto
disagreeableamanāpo
resultvipāko
would producenibbatteyya,
not thisnetaṁ
caseṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti;
a case indeed, this‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
of good verbal conductvacīsucaritassa
… pe ……pe…
thatyaṁ
of good mental conductmanosucaritassa
likableiṭṭho
desirablekanto
agreeablemanāpo
resultvipāko
would producenibbatteyya,
case, thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
one understandspajānāti.
They understand: ‘It’s impossible for an unlikable, undesirable, disagreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind. But it is possible for a likable, desirable, agreeable result to come from good conduct of body, speech, and mind.’
impossible‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
no opportunityanavakāso
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad bodily conductkāyaduccaritasamaṅgī
for that reasontaṁnidānā
owing to thattappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
after breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a good placesugatiṁ
heavenly realmsaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
not thisnetaṁ
caseṭhānaṁ
existsvijjatī’ti
they understandpajānāti;
but it is possible‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
existsvijjati
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad bodily conductkāyaduccaritasamaṅgī
for that reasontaṁnidānā
owing to thattappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
after breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
to a place of lossapāyaṁ
bad destinationduggatiṁ
underworldvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
this is possibleṭhānametaṁ
existsvijjatī’ti
they understandpajānāti.
They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind, could for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm. But it is possible that someone who has engaged in bad conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell.’
impossibility this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
not occasionanavakāso
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad verbal conductvacīduccaritasamaṅgī
…pe……pe…
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad mental conductmanoduccaritasamaṅgī
with that as causetaṁnidānā
with that as conditiontappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
good destinationsugatiṁ
heavensaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
not thisnetaṁ
placeṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti;
place and‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad verbal conductvacīduccaritasamaṅgī
…pe……pe…
thatyaṁ
possessed of bad mental conductmanoduccaritasamaṅgī
with that as causetaṁnidānā
with that as conditiontappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
place of lossapāyaṁ
bad destinationduggatiṁ
downfallvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
place thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti.
impossibility this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
not occasionanavakāso
thatyaṁ
possessed of good bodily conductkāyasucaritasamaṅgī
with that as causetaṁnidānā
with that as conditiontappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
place of lossapāyaṁ
bad destinationduggatiṁ
downfallvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
not thisnetaṁ
placeṭhānaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti;
place and‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
is foundvijjati
thatyaṁ
possessed of good bodily conductkāyasucaritasamaṅgī
with that as causetaṁnidānā
with that as conditiontappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
good destinationsugatiṁ
heavensaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
would be rebornupapajjeyya,
place thisṭhānametaṁ
is foundvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti.
impossibility this‘Aṭṭhānametaṁ
not occasionanavakāso
thatyaṁ
possessed of good verbal conductvacīsucaritasamaṅgī
…pe……pe…
They understand: ‘It’s impossible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a place of loss, a bad place, the underworld, hell. But it is possible that someone who has engaged in good conduct of body, speech, and mind could, for that reason alone, when their body breaks up, after death, be reborn in a good place, a heavenly realm.’
thatyaṁ
endowed with good mental conductmanosucaritasamaṅgī
because of thattaṁnidānā
due to thattappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
after breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
a place of lossapāyaṁ
a bad destinationduggatiṁ
a ruinvinipātaṁ
hellnirayaṁ
he might be rebornupapajjeyya,
this is notnetaṁ
a possibilityṭhānaṁ
it existsvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti;
but it is possible‘ṭhānañca
indeedkho
thisetaṁ
it existsvijjati
thatyaṁ
endowed with good verbal conductvacīsucaritasamaṅgī
……pe…
thatyaṁ
endowed with good mental conductmanosucaritasamaṅgī
because of thattaṁnidānā
due to thattappaccayā
of the bodykāyassa
after breaking upbhedā
afterparaṁ
deathmaraṇā
a good destinationsugatiṁ
heavensaggaṁ
worldlokaṁ
he might be rebornupapajjeyya,
this is possibleṭhānametaṁ
it existsvijjatī’ti
he understandspajānāti.
to this extentEttāvatā
indeedkho,
Ānandaānanda,
skilled in the possible and impossible‘ṭhānāṭhānakusalo
a mendicantbhikkhū’ti
is qualified to be calledalaṁvacanāyā”ti.
That’s how a mendicant is qualified to be called ‘skilled in the possible and impossible’.”
thusEvaṁ
when saidvutte,
venerableāyasmā
Ānandaānando
to the Blessed Onebhagavantaṁ
said thisetadavoca:
incredible“acchariyaṁ,
sirbhante,
amazingabbhutaṁ,
sirbhante.
what nameKonāmo
thisayaṁ,
sirbhante,
exposition of the teachingdhammapariyāyo”ti?
well then“Tasmātiha
youtvaṁ,
Ānandaānanda,
thisimaṁ
exposition of the teachingdhammapariyāyaṁ
as 'The Many Elements'‘bahudhātuko’tipi
itnaṁ
rememberdhārehi,
as 'The Four Rounds'‘catuparivaṭṭo’tipi
itnaṁ
rememberdhārehi,
as 'The Mirror of the Teaching'‘dhammādāso’tipi
itnaṁ
rememberdhārehi,
as 'The Drum of Freedom From Death'‘amatadundubhī’tipi
itnaṁ
rememberdhārehi,
supreme‘anuttaro
victory in battlesaṅgāmavijayo’tipi
itnaṁ
rememberdhārehī”ti.
this spokeIdamavoca
the Blessed Onebhagavā.
satisfiedAttamano
venerableāyasmā
Ānandaānando
of the Blessed Onebhagavato
speechbhāsitaṁ
approvedabhinandīti.
The Discourse on Many ElementsBahudhātukasuttaṁ
finishedniṭṭhitaṁ
fifthpañcamaṁ.
When he said this, Venerable Ānanda said to the Buddha, “It’s incredible, sir, it’s amazing! What is the name of this exposition of the teaching?” “Well then, Ānanda, you may remember this exposition of the teaching as ‘The Many Elements’, or else ‘The Four Rounds’, or else ‘The Mirror of the Teaching’, or else ‘The Drum of Freedom From Death’, or else ‘The Supreme Victory in Battle’.” That is what the Buddha said. Satisfied, Venerable Ānanda approved what the Buddha said.
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