A full worked example, restored to complete form as this vagga's own closing discourse, followed by an untranslated vagga colophon, a paṇṇāsaka ("fifty") landmark, and two untranslated uddāna verses
Length
~1 minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆ — a simple text carrying real structural weight in its own closing lines
Why this discourse
This discourse is Sabbaaniccavagga's own tenth and closing discourse — held back in its own separate bilara-data file, apart from the nine that precede it, because it does more than supply the vagga's own tenth substituted word. Its own closing lines carry a colophon for the vagga itself and, beyond that, a landmark this book has not yet reached: the close of Saḷāyatanasaṃyutta's own first paṇṇāsaka, its own first fifty discourses, exactly as SN 22.52 marked Book III's own Mūlapaṇṇāsaka.
Reading guide
The tenth quality, restored to full text
SN 35.52 returns to SN 35.43's own full six-sense-field shape one last time, substituting "contaminated" (upassaṭṭhaṁ) for "impermanent" — the same pattern this project has now seen close several of Book IV's own vaggas: a compressed middle, then a full worked example restored at the very end. Sujato's own comment on this word explains its root sense as something "poured upon," or on which something has been "let loose" (citing AN 5.192), and even draws a parallel to the Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad's own use of the cognate upāsṛjan — a rare case in this project where Sujato's own working notes are available to quote directly on a translation choice.
This file's own vagga colophon
The discourse closes with its own untranslated colophon, "Sabbaaniccavaggo pañcamo" ("Sabbaaniccavagga is the fifth"), confirming this vagga's own position exactly as this module's own header already recorded it before a single word of this vagga was written.
A landmark new to Book IV: the first fifty, complete
Beyond the vagga's own colophon, this file adds a line this book has not carried before: "Saḷāyatanavagge paṭhamapaṇṇāsako samatto" ("in Saḷāyatanasaṃyutta, the first fifty is complete") — the same paṇṇāsaka ("fifty") landmark this project first met at SN 22.52's own "Mūlapaṇṇāsako samatto," now reappearing here. Aniccavagga (12) plus Yamakavagga (10) plus Sabbavagga (10) plus Jātidhammavagga (10) plus Sabbaaniccavagga (10) total exactly fifty-two discourses, confirming this book will carry further paṇṇāsaka landmarks of its own as its remaining fourteen vaggas unfold.
Two uddāna verses, both untranslated
The file closes with two further untranslated verses: a tassuddānaṁ naming this vagga's own ten qualities in order (impermanent, suffering, not-self; to be directly known, completely understood; given up, realized; directly known and completely understood; harried, contaminated), and a vagguddānaṁ naming this fifty's own five vaggas in order (Aniccavagga, Yamaka, Sabba, Jātidhamma, and this vagga itself, called "the fifth") — a second, larger-scale verse this project has not encountered before in Book IV, matching the same guide-only treatment given every other untranslated closing marker.
Key terms
upassaṭṭha — afflicted, or contaminated — this discourse's own title term, glossed by Sujato's own comment as rooted in the sense of being "poured upon" or "let loose upon"
paṇṇāsaka — a fifty — a block of fifty discourses; this file marks the close of Saḷāyatanasaṃyutta's own first one
uddāna — a mnemonic summary verse — this file carries two, one naming ten discourses and one naming five vaggas
vaggo — a chapter, at two different scales in the same closing lines — naming this discourse's own small ten-discourse vagga and, in the paṇṇāsaka line, the whole saṃyutta as a larger "book"
samatta — completed, finished — the word marking both this vagga's own close and, separately, the first fifty's own close
The text
The complete discourse: the full worked example for "contaminated," restored one last time before this vagga's own close. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, all is contaminated. And what is the all that is contaminated? The eye, sights, eye consciousness, and eye contact are contaminated. And the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact is also contaminated. The ear … nose … tongue … body … The mind, ideas, mind consciousness, and mind contact are contaminated. And the pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact is also contaminated.
§2Seeing this, a learned noble disciple grows disillusioned … They understand: ‘Rebirth is ended, the spiritual journey has been completed, what had to be done has been done, there is nothing further for this place.’”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What does SN 35.52 do that the eight compressed discourses before it (SN 35.44-51) do not?
Correct: A. Held back in its own separate file, restoring full form as this vagga's own closer.
Question 2 of 5
How does Sujato's own comment explain the root sense of upassaṭṭha, translated here as “contaminated”?
Correct: A. A rare case where Sujato's own working notes on a translation choice are directly available to quote.
Question 3 of 5
What does this file's own vagga colophon, “Sabbaaniccavaggo pañcamo,” confirm?
Correct: A. “Pañcamo”, “the fifth”, confirming Sabbaaniccavagga's own place in this book's nineteen-vagga sequence.
Question 4 of 5
What landmark does “Saḷāyatanavagge paṭhamapaṇṇāsako samatto” mark, and where has this project met this kind of landmark before?
Correct: A. Aniccavagga, Yamakavagga, Sabbavagga, Jātidhammavagga, and Sabbaaniccavagga together total fifty-two discourses.
Question 5 of 5
How are this file's own two uddāna verses (naming ten qualities, then five vaggas) handled here?
Correct: A. The same guide-only treatment this project gives every other untranslated closing marker, now applied to two verses in a single file.
