[363] "This element, Kaccāna, is a great element, that is to say, the element (dhātu) of ignorance (avijjā). In dependence on an inferior element, Kaccāna, there arises inferior perception (saññā), inferior view (diṭṭhi), inferior thought (vitakka), inferior volition (cetanā), inferior aspiration (patthanā), inferior resolve (paṇidhi), an inferior person, inferior speech; he declares, teaches, makes known, establishes, discloses, analyzes, and elucidates the inferior. His rebirth (upapatti), I say, is inferior.
"In dependence on a middling element, Kaccāna, there arises middling perception, middling view, middling thought, middling volition, middling aspiration, middling resolve, a middling person, middling speech; he declares, teaches, makes known, establishes, discloses, analyzes, and elucidates the middling. His rebirth, I say, is middling.
"In dependence on a superior element, Kaccāna, there arises superior perception, superior view, superior thought, superior volition, superior aspiration, superior resolve, a superior person, superior speech; he declares, teaches, makes known, establishes, discloses, analyzes, and elucidates the superior. His rebirth, I say, is superior."
The Third.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.