A superlative claim restricted explicitly to "interior" factors, opening this vagga's own closing pair
Length
<1 minute to read (with the source's own elided base formula understood)
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Difficulty
★★☆☆☆ — brief, but with an explicit scoping condition
Why this discourse
This discourse uses the canonical superlative formula (“I do not see a single thing”) already met at SN 46.29, but restricts its own scope explicitly to “interior” (ajjhattika) factors — among which, it claims, nothing rivals rational application of mind for giving rise to the seven awakening factors.
Reading guide
A scoped superlative, not an unrestricted one
Unlike SN 46.29's own unrestricted claim, this discourse explicitly limits its own comparison to “interior” factors — confirmed by direct reading to set up a deliberate contrast with its own companion discourse (SN 46.50), which makes the identical superlative claim but restricted instead to “exterior” factors.
The source's own elision, honestly noted
The consulted English translation renders this discourse's own base formula only as an ellipsis (“…”) after the opening superlative claim; the root Pāli confirms the elided content is the standard base formula already established throughout this saṃyutta, and this reading guide does not invent an English rendering for what the consulted source itself leaves unwritten.
Key terms
ajjhattikaṁ aṅganti karitvā — “taking into account interior factors” — this discourse's own explicit scoping condition, distinguishing it from SN 46.29's own unrestricted claim
nāññaṁ ekaṅgampi samanupassāmi — “I do not see a single one [that compares]” — the same canonical superlative formula already met at SN 46.29, here scoped to interior factors specifically
yonisomanasikāro — “rational application of mind” — the interior factor named as unmatched for giving rise to the seven awakening factors
sati... upekkhā — the seven awakening factors, understood as this discourse's own object, per the base formula elided in the consulted English source but confirmed in the root Pāli
navamaṁ — “the ninth” — the Pāli root's own closing numeral for this discourse
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Taking into account interior factors, mendicants, I do not see a single one that gives rise to the seven awakening factors like rational application of mind. …”
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Self-check quiz
3 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 3
How does this discourse's own superlative claim differ from SN 46.29's own?
Correct: A. Setting up a deliberate contrast with SN 46.50's own parallel claim restricted to exterior factors.
Question 2 of 3
How does this reading guide handle the source's own elided base formula?
Correct: A. Following this project's own established honest-hedging practice for elided peyyāla content.
Question 3 of 3
What interior factor does this discourse claim is unmatched for giving rise to the seven awakening factors?
Correct: A. The same interior factor already established as central throughout this saṃyutta, here elevated to superlative status.
