[785] The four discriminations (paṭisambhidā): the discrimination of meanings (attha-paṭisambhidā), the discrimination of dhammas (dhamma-paṭisambhidā), the discrimination of language (nirutti-paṭisambhidā), and the discrimination of ready wit (paṭibhāṇa-paṭisambhidā).
Which phenomena (dhammā) are unwholesome? On the occasion when an unwholesome mind (citta) has arisen — accompanied by joy (somanassa), associated with view (diṭṭhigata), having a form as object (rūpārammaṇa) … or a dhamma as object, or with reference to whatever [object] — on that occasion there is contact (phassa) … there is non-distraction (avikkhepa): these phenomena are unwholesome. Knowledge (ñāṇa) of these phenomena is the discrimination of dhammas; knowledge of their result (vipāka) is the discrimination of meanings; the language (nirutti) by which there is the designation (paññatti) of those phenomena — knowledge therein of the utterance of that dhamma-language is the discrimination of language; the knowledge by which one knows those knowledges — "these knowledges illuminate this meaning" — that knowledge of the knowledges is the discrimination of ready wit.
The four discriminations: the discrimination of meanings, the discrimination of dhammas, the discrimination of language, and the discrimination of ready wit.
Which phenomena are unwholesome? On the occasion when an unwholesome mind has arisen — accompanied by joy, associated with view, with prompting (sasaṅkhārena) … accompanied by joy, dissociated from view … accompanied by joy, dissociated from view, with prompting … accompanied by equanimity, associated with view … accompanied by equanimity, associated with view, with prompting … accompanied by equanimity, dissociated from view … accompanied by equanimity, dissociated from view, with prompting … accompanied by grief (domanassa), associated with repulsion (paṭigha) … accompanied by grief, associated with repulsion, with prompting … accompanied by equanimity, associated with doubt (vicikicchā) … accompanied by equanimity, associated with restlessness (uddhacca), having a form as object … or a dhamma as object, or with reference to whatever [object] — on that occasion there is contact … there is non-distraction: these phenomena are unwholesome. Knowledge of these phenomena is the discrimination of dhammas; knowledge of their result is the discrimination of meanings; the language by which there is the designation of those phenomena — knowledge therein of the utterance of that dhamma-language is the discrimination of language; the knowledge by which one knows those knowledges — "these knowledges illuminate this meaning" — that knowledge of the knowledges is the discrimination of ready wit.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.