[118] **"For his view itself proclaims him as one who speaks thus"** (diṭṭhī hi naṃ pāva tathā vadānaṃ): that very view proclaims that person: "This person is of wrong view (micchādiṭṭhi), of distorted seeing" — thus indeed. **"One who speaks thus"** (tathā vadānaṃ): speaking, telling, saying, expounding, declaring thus: "The world is eternal; this alone is true, all else is vain" — speaking, telling, saying, expounding, declaring thus: "The world is not eternal … The world is finite … The world is infinite … The soul (jīva) and the body are the same … The soul is one thing, the body another … The Tathāgata exists after death … The Tathāgata does not exist after death … The Tathāgata both exists and does not exist after death … The Tathāgata neither exists nor does not exist after death; this alone is true, all else is vain" — speaking, telling, saying, expounding, declaring thus: therefore, "for his view itself proclaims him as one who speaks thus."
Hence the Blessed One said:
If purity comes to a man by what is seen,
or if by knowledge (ñāṇa) he abandons suffering (dukkha),
then he, one still with acquisitions, is purified by something other [than the noble path];
for his view itself proclaims him as one who speaks thus.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.