4: The Book of the Fours
42. Questions
1 "Cattārimāni, bhikkhave, pañhabyākaraṇāni. Katamāni cattāri? Atthi, bhikkhave, pañho ekaṃsabyākaraṇīyo; atthi, bhikkhave, pañho vibhajjabyākaraṇīyo; atthi, bhikkhave, pañho paṭipucchābyākaraṇīyo; atthi, bhikkhave, pañho ṭhapanīyo. Imāni kho, bhikkhave, cattāri pañhabyākaraṇānīti.
2 Ekaṃsavacanaṃ ekaṃ,
vibhajjavacanāparaṃ;
Tatiyaṃ paṭipuccheyya,
catutthaṃ pana ṭhāpaye.3 Yo ca tesaṃ tattha tattha,
jānāti anudhammataṃ;
Catupañhassa kusalo,
āhu bhikkhuṃ tathāvidhaṃ.4 Durāsado duppasaho,
gambhīro duppadhaṃsiyo;
Atho atthe anatthe ca,
ubhayassa hoti kovido.5 Anatthaṃ parivajjeti,
atthaṃ gaṇhāti paṇḍito;
Atthābhisamayā dhīro,
paṇḍitoti pavuccatī"ti.
Dutiyaṃ.