Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, suvidūravidūrāni.
“Mendicants, these four things are very far apart.
Katamāni cattāri?
What four?
Nabhañca, bhikkhave, pathavī ca;
The firmament and the earth. …
idaṁ paṭhamaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ samuddassa pārimañca;
The near and the far shore of the ocean. …
idaṁ dutiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Yato ca, bhikkhave, verocano abbhudeti yattha ca atthameti;
Where the sun rises and where it sets. …
idaṁ tatiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Satañca, bhikkhave, dhammo asatañca dhammo;
The teaching of the virtuous and the teaching of the wicked. …
idaṁ catutthaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri suvidūravidūrānīti.
These are the four things very far apart.
Nabhañca dūre pathavī ca dūre,
The firmament is far from the earth;
Pāraṁ samuddassa tadāhu dūre;
they say the other shore of the ocean is far;
Yato ca verocano abbhudeti,
and where the sun rises is far
Pabhaṅkaro yattha ca atthameti;
from where that beacon sets.
Tato have dūrataraṁ vadanti,
But even further apart than that, they say,
Satañca dhammaṁ asatañca dhammaṁ.
is the teaching of the virtuous from the wicked.
Abyāyiko hoti sataṁ samāgamo,
The company of the virtuous is reliable;
Yāvāpi tiṭṭheyya tatheva hoti;
as long as it remains, it stays the same.
Khippañhi veti asataṁ samāgamo,
But the company of the wicked is fickle,
Tasmā sataṁ dhammo asabbhi ārakā”ti.
and so the teaching of the virtuous is far from the wicked.”
Sattamaṁ.
Reference Translation by Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0).
“Mendicants, these four things are very far apart.
What four?
The firmament and the earth. …
The near and the far shore of the ocean. …
Where the sun rises and where it sets. …
The teaching of the virtuous and the teaching of the wicked. …
These are the four things very far apart.
The firmament is far from the earth;
they say the other shore of the ocean is far;
and where the sun rises is far
from where that beacon sets.
But even further apart than that, they say,
is the teaching of the virtuous from the wicked.
The company of the virtuous is reliable;
as long as it remains, it stays the same.
But the company of the wicked is fickle,
and so the teaching of the virtuous is far from the wicked.”
“Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, suvidūravidūrāni.
Katamāni cattāri?
Nabhañca, bhikkhave, pathavī ca;
idaṁ paṭhamaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Orimañca, bhikkhave, tīraṁ samuddassa pārimañca;
idaṁ dutiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Yato ca, bhikkhave, verocano abbhudeti yattha ca atthameti;
idaṁ tatiyaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Satañca, bhikkhave, dhammo asatañca dhammo;
idaṁ catutthaṁ suvidūravidūre.
Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri suvidūravidūrānīti.
Nabhañca dūre pathavī ca dūre,
Pāraṁ samuddassa tadāhu dūre;
Yato ca verocano abbhudeti,
Pabhaṅkaro yattha ca atthameti;
Tato have dūrataraṁ vadanti,
Satañca dhammaṁ asatañca dhammaṁ.
Abyāyiko hoti sataṁ samāgamo,
Yāvāpi tiṭṭheyya tatheva hoti;
Khippañhi veti asataṁ samāgamo,
Tasmā sataṁ dhammo asabbhi ārakā”ti.
Sattamaṁ.