Reading guide
The same eleven terms, confirmed identical in Pali
Comparing this merged file's own Pali root text against SN 23.23-33's own root text confirms they are exact matches, term for term: māro, māradhammo, aniccaṁ, aniccadhammo, dukkhaṁ, dukkhadhammo, anattā, anattadhammo, khayadhammo, vayadhammo, samudayadhammo — the identical eleven-item list in the identical order.
Sujato's own English translation varies its wording slightly between the two vaggas — "of Māra nature" versus "subject to Māra," "of impermanent nature" versus "liable to impermanence" — but these are stylistic choices in rendering the same underlying Pali compounds, not different content.
What genuinely differs: who speaks first
"When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: 'Rādha, you should give up any desire...'" — unlike SN 23.23's own "may the Buddha please teach me in brief," this vagga's opening discourse has the Buddha initiate the teaching entirely on his own, with no request from Rādha at all.
This mirrors the same distinction already established within Māravagga itself: SN 23.1-3 had Rādha ask, SN 23.4 onward had the Buddha initiate — the same two modes of address, now applied a second time to this saṃyutta's own most-repeated eleven-term catalog.
A fourth recombination, differing only in frame
Where Upasaggavagga's own instruction was prompted by Rādha's explicit "teach me in brief" request, this vagga delivers the identical instruction unprompted — suggesting the content itself is considered valuable enough to be worth teaching whether or not it is specifically requested, closing this saṃyutta's own systematic exploration of how many different frames the same core material can bear.
What remains for this saṃyutta's own final discourse
As with Upasaggavagga, this merged file gives ten of its eleven terms only a single compressed line each; the twelfth and final term, "liable to cease," will receive its own complete, unelided discourse at SN 23.46 — closing not only this vagga but Rādhasaṃyutta itself, whose own colophon confirms the saṃyutta's completion there.
Key terms
The text
§1 · SN 23.35At Sāvatthī. When Venerable Rādha was seated to one side, the Buddha said to him: “Rādha, you should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is Māra. And what is Māra? Form is Māra. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for it. … Consciousness is Māra. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for it. You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is Māra.”
§2 · SN 23.36“You should give up any desire, any greed, any desire and greed for whatever is subject to Māra …”
§3 · SN 23.37“… impermanent …”
§4 · SN 23.38“… liable to impermanence …”
§5 · SN 23.39“… suffering …”
§6 · SN 23.40“… liable to suffering …”
§7 · SN 23.41“… not-self …”
§8 · SN 23.42“… liable to not-self …”
§9 · SN 23.43“… liable to end …”
§10 · SN 23.44“… liable to fall …”
§11 · SN 23.45“… liable to originate …”
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