The three searches named in full, followed by an explicit instruction to expand as an already-published parallel set elsewhere in this project's own translation of SN 45
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★☆☆ — the same compression pattern as SN 47.63-72 and SN 47.73-84, pointing to this project's own most structurally complex peyyāla vagga in Book V
Why this discourse
This merged file names the three searches — for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and for a spiritual path — in full, before its own instruction, “(tell in full as in SN 45.161–170),” points directly to this project's own already-published Esanāvagga in the Book V (Mahāvagga) module, whose own controlling discourse (SN 45.161) this project has already confirmed introduces a genuinely complex axis of variation beyond the fourfold closing formula — four different governing verbs (direct knowledge, complete understanding, finishing, giving up), each combinable with each of the four closing formulas.
Reading guide
Three searches named directly, unlike the two preceding merged ranges
Confirmed by direct reading, this merged file names its own three-search topic — kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā (the search for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and for a spiritual path) — in FULL, rather than truncating it as SN 47.73-84 truncated its own earth clause, before the same “vitthāretabbaṁ” instruction and cross-reference.
Pointing to this project's own most structurally complex peyyāla vagga
This project's own already-published SN 45.161 confirms the vagga this range points to is NOT a simple formula-substitution pattern like the two Gaṅgāpeyyāla vaggas — its own controlling discourse spells out a matrix of four governing verbs (directly know, completely understand, finish, give up) crossed with the four closing formulas already met throughout this book, a matrix only ever partially written out even in its own controlling discourse.
Ten topics named by the closing uddāna, matching this project's own established set
Confirmed by direct reading, this merged file's own closing verse names ten topics — searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, troubles, feelings, and craving and thirst — matching this project's own already-confirmed topic list for SN 45.161-170 (esanā, vidhā, āsava, bhava, dukkhatā, khila, mala, nīgha, vedanā, taṇhā/tasinā), where the final pair (craving and thirst) was confirmed to bundle into a single discourse rather than two separate ones.
Key terms
kāmesanā, bhavesanā, brahmacariyesanā — “the search for sensual pleasures, for continued existence, and for a spiritual path” — this discourse's own opening topic, named in full unlike the truncated opening of SN 47.73-84
vitthāretabbaṁ — “should be expanded in full” — the same instruction met at the two preceding merged ranges
(Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170) — the discourse's own explicit pointer to this project's own already-published Esanāvagga, whose own matrix structure this project has already confirmed
Esanāvaggo navamo — “the ninth vagga, Esanāvagga” — the Pāli root's own closing colophon, left untranslated in the English source
esanā vidhā āsavo, bhavo ca dukkhatā tisso, khilaṁ malañca nīgho ca, vedanā taṇhā tasināya — “searches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, and troubles, feelings, craving, and thirst” — the closing uddāna, genuinely translated, matching this project's own already-confirmed topic list for SN 45.161-170
The text
The genuinely translated content of this merged file: the three searches named in full, and the closing summary verse naming all ten topics. The Pāli root's own colophon (“Esanāvaggo navamo”) is left untranslated in the source and is described, not quoted, above. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1 — the three searches and cross-reference“Mendicants, there are these three searches. What three? The search for sensual pleasures, the search for continued existence, and the search for a spiritual path. …” (Tell in full as in SN 45.161–170.)
§2 — the closing summary verseSearches, discriminations, defilements, states of existence, three kinds of suffering, barrenness, stains, and troubles, feelings, craving, and thirst.
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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 merged file's own opening differ from SN 47.73-84's own opening?
Correct: A. The three searches — for sensual pleasures, continued existence, and a spiritual path — named directly.
Question 2 of 3
What structural complexity does this project's own already-published SN 45.161 confirm for the vagga this range points to?
Correct: A. Confirmed by this project's own already-published work — the most structurally complex peyyāla vagga in Book V.
Question 3 of 3
What does this merged file's own closing uddāna confirm about SN 45.161-170's own final discourse?
Correct: A. Matching this project's own already-confirmed topic list, including that bundled final pair.
