Expressions

“Mendicants, I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of suffering.’For that there are limitless arrangements, phrasings, and illustrations:*A parallel phrase dealing with the skillful and unskillful is found at AN 4.188:3.2, except it says “words, phrasings, and teachings of the Realized One”. Taken together with the next line, these passages are saying that these basic teachings are expressed in countless different ways. | Take vaṇṇā here in the sense “order, arrangement, presentation”, otherwise attested only for Sanskrit varṇa. | Saṅkāsanā, from root kās (“shine”) is unique in early Pali, but in late canonical Pali it appears with several other terms in an expansion of the current passage, evidently having the sense “illustration” (Ne 4:32.2, Pe 1:32.1).‘This is another way of saying that this is the noble truth of suffering.’*Literally, “Thus also, ‘This is the noble truth of suffering’.”I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering.’ …I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering.’ …I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.’For that there are limitless arrangements, phrasings, and illustrations:‘This is another way of saying that this is the noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.’

“‘Idaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccan’ti, bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṁ. Tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccan’ti; idaṁ dukkhasamudayaṁ …pe… idaṁ dukkhanirodhaṁ …pe… ‘idaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccan’ti, bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṁ. Tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘itipidaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccan’ti.

“Mendicants, I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of suffering.’“‘Idaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccan’ti, bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṁ. For that there are limitless arrangements, phrasings, and illustrations:*A parallel phrase dealing with the skillful and unskillful is found at AN 4.188:3.2, except it says “words, phrasings, and teachings of the Realized One”. Taken together with the next line, these passages are saying that these basic teachings are expressed in countless different ways. | Take vaṇṇā here in the sense “order, arrangement, presentation”, otherwise attested only for Sanskrit varṇa. | Saṅkāsanā, from root kās (“shine”) is unique in early Pali, but in late canonical Pali it appears with several other terms in an expansion of the current passage, evidently having the sense “illustration” (Ne 4:32.2, Pe 1:32.1).Tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘This is another way of saying that this is the noble truth of suffering.’*Literally, “Thus also, ‘This is the noble truth of suffering’.”‘itipidaṁ dukkhaṁ ariyasaccan’ti; I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the origin of suffering.’ …idaṁ dukkhasamudayaṁ …pe… I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the cessation of suffering.’ …idaṁ dukkhanirodhaṁ …pe… I’ve declared: ‘This is the noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.’‘idaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccan’ti, bhikkhave, mayā paññattaṁ. For that there are limitless arrangements, phrasings, and illustrations:Tattha aparimāṇā vaṇṇā aparimāṇā byañjanā aparimāṇā saṅkāsanā: ‘This is another way of saying that this is the noble truth of the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering.’‘itipidaṁ dukkhanirodhagāminī paṭipadā ariyasaccan’ti.