Aṅguttara Nikāya
Sattaka Nipāta
IV. Devatā Vagga

The Book of the Sevens

Chapter IV: Devas

Sutta 37

Paṭisambhidā Suttaṃ

The Analyses

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THUS have I heard:

Once the Exalted One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
at Jeta Grove, in Anāthapiṇḍika's Park;
and there he addressed the monks, saying:

"Monks."

'Yes, lord,' they replied;
and the Exalted One said:

"Monks, endowed with seven things,
a monk may in no long time abide
accepting and realizing by his own knowledge
the four analyses.¹

What seven?

Consider a monk who knows as become:²

■

"This is sloth of mind in me;"

■

when his mind within is muddled,³
knows it as such;

■

when his mind is distracted from without,
knows it as such;

■

in whom cognized feelings rise,
cognized feelings persist,
cognized feelings set;

■

cognized thoughts rise,
persist,
set;

■

cognized reflections rise,
persist,
set;

■

who has grasped,
considered,
laid hold of,
penetrated by wisdom
to the full extent
the essence of things
as to their being helpful⁴ or not,
low or lofty,
dark,
bright
or evenly mixed.

Verily, monks, a monk endowed with these seven things
in no long time
abides accepting and realizing
by his own knowledge
the four analyses.

Monks, Sāriputta is endowed with seven things
and abides accepting and realizing
by his own knowledge
the four analyses.'⁵^ed1

What seven?

Sāriputta knows as become:

"This is sloth of mind in me;"

■

when his mind within is muddled,
he knows it as such;

■

when his mind is distracted from without,
he knows it as such;

■

[he is one]^ed2 in whom cognized feelings rise,
cognized feelings persist,
cognized feelings set;

■

[he is one] cognized thoughts rise,
persist,
set;

■

[he is one] cognized reflections rise,
persist,
set;

■

[he is one] who has grasped,
considered,
laid hold of,
penetrated by wisdom
to the full extent
the essence of things
as to their being helpful or not,
low or lofty,
dark,
bright
or evenly mixed.

Verily, monks, Sāriputta is endowed with these seven things
and abides accepting and realizing
by his own knowledge
the four analyses.

¹ For these see G.S. iii, 89, [AN 5.86] 93; [AN 5.95] Pts. of C., 378.

² Yathābhūtaṃ.

³ Comy. after sloth and torpor.

⁴ Sappaāyāsappāya: things (or ideas) to go along with or not.

⁵ The text repeats in full and for the following sutta; the uddāna of our edition treats §§ 37-8 as four; S.e. 'duve paṭisambhidā ca ...'

^ed1 The abbreviated section has been included here following Hare, the Pali text repeats. Hare does not closely follow the Pali construction.