Vuttañhetaṁ bhagavatā vuttamarahatāti me sutaṁ:
This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Awakened One, as I have heard:
“Mānaṁ, bhikkhave, anabhijānaṁ aparijānaṁ tattha cittaṁ avirājayaṁ appajahaṁ abhabbo dukkhakkhayāya. Mānañca kho, bhikkhave, abhijānaṁ parijānaṁ tattha cittaṁ virājayaṁ pajahaṁ bhabbo dukkhakkhayāyā”ti.
“|Not directly knowing::not understanding experientially; lit. not completely knowing [anabhijānanta]| and not completely comprehending |conceit::self-view expressed as comparison—seeing oneself as superior, inferior, or equal; the persistent “I am” conceit (asmimāna) that underlies identification [māna]|, |bhikkhus,::::| with the mind |not detaching from::not losing interest for, not losing desire for, remaining passionate for [avirājayanta]| it and |without abandoning::not giving up, not letting go of [appajahaṁ]| it, one is incapable of ending suffering. |Directly knowing::understanding experientially; lit. completely knowing [abhijānanta]| and completely comprehending conceit, |bhikkhus,::::| with the mind detaching from it and by abandoning it, one is capable of ending suffering.”
Etamatthaṁ bhagavā avoca. Tatthetaṁ iti vuccati:
The Blessed One spoke on this matter. In this regard, it is said:
“Mānupetā ayaṁ pajā,
mānaganthā bhave ratā;
Mānaṁ aparijānantā,
āgantāro punabbhavaṁ.
“This generation is |possessed by pride::endowed with conceit [mānupeta]|,
bound by the |knot of conceit::bond of ego [mānagantha]|, they delight in |existence::being, becoming; continued conditional existence, the karmically conditioned mode of being that leads to future rebirth [bhava]|;
not fully understanding conceit,
they will come to renewed existence.
Ye ca mānaṁ pahantvāna,
vimuttā mānasaṅkhaye;
Te mānaganthābhibhuno,
sabbadukkhamupaccagun”ti.
But those who have completely comprehended conceit,
freed through the exhaustion of conceit;
they have conquered the tie of conceit,
and have gone beyond all stress.”
Ayampi attho vutto bhagavatā, iti me sutanti.
This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One, as I have heard.