Numbered Discourses 4.231 23. Bad Conduct Poets (AN4.231)

1.1

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī.

“Mendicants, there are these four poets.

1.2

Katame cattāro?

What four?

1.3

Cintākavi, sutakavi, atthakavi, paṭibhānakavi—

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

1.4

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.

These are the four poets.”

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.