[143] **Saṅkhāya lokasmiṃ paroparāni** (having comprehended the far and near shores in the world): "saṅkhā" (comprehension) is said to be knowledge (ñāṇa): that wisdom (paññā) which is understanding … non-delusion, investigation of dhammas, right view.
**Paroparāni**: [1] the human world is called the near shore (opāraṃ);² the world of devas is called the far shore (pāraṃ).³ The sense-sphere element (kāmadhātu) is called the near shore; the form element (rūpadhātu) and the formless element (arūpadhātu) are called the far shore. The sense-sphere element and the form element are called the near shore; the formless element is called the far shore.
**Saṅkhāya lokasmiṃ paroparāni**: having comprehended the far and near shores as impermanent, having comprehended them as suffering (dukkha), as a disease, as a boil, as a dart … as without escape — having known them, weighed them, judged them, elucidated them, and made them plain — therefore, "having comprehended the far and near shores in the world."
**"Puṇṇaka," said the Blessed One**: the Blessed One addresses that brahmin by name. "Bhagavā": this is a term of reverence … that is, "Bhagavā." Therefore, "'Puṇṇaka,' said the Blessed One."
[Editorial footnotes of the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ The M. (Burmese) edition reads instead: "the near (oraṃ) is said to be one's own individual existence; the far (paraṃ) is said to be another's individual existence; the near is said to be one's own form, feeling (vedanā), perception, volitional formations, and consciousness; the far is said to be another's form, feeling, perception, volitional formations, and consciousness; the near is said to be the six internal sense bases (āyatana); the far is said to be the six external sense bases." ² M.: oraṃ. ³ M.: paraṃ; likewise below.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.