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Numbered Discourses 4.231 – Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.231

23. Bad Conduct – 23. Duccaritavagga

AN 4.231 Poets – Kavisutta

 

1.1

“Bhikkhū, there are these four poets.

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī.

1.2

What four?

Katame cattāro?

1.3

A poet who thoughtfully composes their own work, a poet who repeats the oral transmission, a poet who educates, and a poet who improvises.

Cintākavi, sutakavi, atthakavi, paṭibhānakavi—

1.4

These are the four poets.”

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.

1.5

 

Ekādasamaṁ.

1.6

 

Duccaritavaggo tatiyo.

2.0

 

Tassuddānaṁ

2.1

 

Duccaritaṁ diṭṭhi akataññū ca,

2.2

 

Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā;

2.3

 

Dve vohārapathā vuttā,

2.4

 

Ahirikaṁ duppaññakavinā cāti.