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Aį¹…guttara Nikāya 4.91 Numbered Discourses 4.91

10. Asuravagga 10. Titans

Asurasutta Titans

ā€œCattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saį¹vijjamānā lokasmiį¹. ā€œMendicants, these four people are found in the world.

Katame cattāro? What four?

Asuro asuraparivāro, A titan surrounded by titans,

asuro devaparivāro, a titan surrounded by gods,

devo asuraparivāro, a god surrounded by titans, and

devo devaparivāro. a god surrounded by gods.

KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti asuraparivāro? And how is a person a titan surrounded by titans?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussÄ«lo hoti pāpadhammo, parisāpissa hoti dussÄ«lā pāpadhammā. Itā€™s when a person is unethical, of bad character, and their followers are the same.

Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti asuraparivāro. Thatā€™s how a person is a titan surrounded by titans.

KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti devaparivāro? And how is a person a titan surrounded by gods?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo dussÄ«lo hoti pāpadhammo, parisā ca khvassa hoti sÄ«lavatÄ« kalyāį¹‡adhammā. Itā€™s when a person is unethical, of bad character, but their followers are ethical, of good character.

Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo asuro hoti devaparivāro. Thatā€™s how a person is a titan surrounded by gods.

KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti asuraparivāro? And how is a person a god surrounded by titans?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sÄ«lavā hoti kalyāį¹‡adhammo, parisā ca khvassa hoti dussÄ«lā pāpadhammā. Itā€™s when a person is ethical, of good character, but their followers are unethical, of bad character.

Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti asuraparivāro. Thatā€™s how a person is a god surrounded by titans.

KathaƱca, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti devaparivāro? And how is a person a god surrounded by gods?

Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco puggalo sÄ«lavā hoti kalyāį¹‡adhammo, parisāpissa hoti sÄ«lavatÄ« kalyāį¹‡adhammā. Itā€™s when a person is ethical, of good character, and their followers are the same.

Evaį¹ kho, bhikkhave, puggalo devo hoti, devaparivāro. Thatā€™s how a person is a god surrounded by gods.

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saį¹vijjamānā lokasminā€ti. These are the four people found in the world.ā€

Paį¹­hamaį¹.
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