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guttara NikÄya 4.91 Numbered Discourses 4.91
10. Asuravagga 10. Titans
Asurasutta Titans
āCattÄrome, bhikkhave, puggalÄ santo saį¹vijjamÄnÄ lokasmiį¹. āMendicants, these four people are found in the world.
Katame cattÄro? What four?
Asuro asuraparivÄro, A titan surrounded by titans,
asuro devaparivÄro, a titan surrounded by gods,
devo asuraparivÄro, a god surrounded by titans, and
devo devaparivÄro. a god surrounded by gods.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti asuraparivÄro? And how is a person a titan surrounded by titans?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussÄ«lo hoti pÄpadhammo, parisÄpissa hoti dussÄ«lÄ pÄpadhammÄ. Itās when a person is unethical, of bad character, and their followers are the same.
Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti asuraparivÄro. Thatās how a person is a titan surrounded by titans.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti devaparivÄro? And how is a person a titan surrounded by gods?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussÄ«lo hoti pÄpadhammo, parisÄ ca khvassa hoti sÄ«lavatÄ« kalyÄį¹adhammÄ. Itās when a person is unethical, of bad character, but their followers are ethical, of good character.
Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti devaparivÄro. Thatās how a person is a titan surrounded by gods.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti asuraparivÄro? And how is a person a god surrounded by titans?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sÄ«lavÄ hoti kalyÄį¹adhammo, parisÄ ca khvassa hoti dussÄ«lÄ pÄpadhammÄ. Itās when a person is ethical, of good character, but their followers are unethical, of bad character.
Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti asuraparivÄro. Thatās how a person is a god surrounded by titans.
KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti devaparivÄro? And how is a person a god surrounded by gods?
Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sÄ«lavÄ hoti kalyÄį¹adhammo, parisÄpissa hoti sÄ«lavatÄ« kalyÄį¹adhammÄ. Itās when a person is ethical, of good character, and their followers are the same.
Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti, devaparivÄro. Thatās how a person is a god surrounded by gods.
Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattÄro puggalÄ santo saį¹vijjamÄnÄ lokasmināti. These are the four people found in the world.ā
Paį¹hamaį¹.