Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

At Sāvatthī.

Atha kho aññataro bhikkhu yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami …pe…

Then a mendicant went up to the Buddha

ekamantaṁ nisinno kho so bhikkhu bhagavantaṁ etadavoca:

and said to him:

“‘avijjā, avijjā’ti, bhante, vuccati.

“Sir, they speak of this thing called ‘ignorance’.

Katamā nu kho, bhante, avijjā;

What is ignorance?

kittāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti?

And how is an ignoramus defined?”

“Idha, bhikkhu, assutavā puthujjano rūpaṁ nappajānāti, rūpasamudayaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhaṁ nappajānāti, rūpanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti;

“Mendicant, it’s when an unlearned ordinary person doesn’t understand form, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

vedanaṁ nappajānāti …

They don’t understand feeling …

saññaṁ …

perception …

saṅkhāre nappajānāti …pe…

choices …

viññāṇanirodhagāminiṁ paṭipadaṁ nappajānāti.

consciousness, its origin, its cessation, and the practice that leads to its cessation.

Ayaṁ vuccati, bhikkhu, avijjā;

This is called ignorance.

ettāvatā ca avijjāgato hotī”ti.

And this is how an ignoramus is defined.”

Paṭhamaṁ.