Poets

Kavisutta

Poets

Kavisutta

EN
“Mendicants, there are these four poets. What four? A poet who thoughtfully composes their own work, a poet who repeats the oral transmission, a poet who educates, and a poet who improvises. These are the four poets.”
PL
“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī. Katame cattāro? Cintākavi, sutakavi, atthakavi, paṭibhānakavi— Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.
PL
Ekādasamaṁ. Duccaritavaggo tatiyo. Tassuddānaṁ Duccaritaṁ diṭṭhi akataññū ca,
PL
Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā; Dve vohārapathā vuttā, Ahirikaṁ duppaññakavinā cāti.

Pāli root text and English translation by Bhikkhu Sujato from SuttaCentral (https://suttacentral.net), CC0.

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