A single elided sentence, plus the vagga's and saṃyutta's own closing colophon
Length
<1 minute to read
Northern parallel
No individual parallel confirmed by this project's own check
Significance
★★★★★ — confirmed by direct reading of the root colophon as the close of both Vagga 2 and the entire Anuruddhasaṃyutta (24 discourses, 2 vaggas), and the tenth and final Tathāgata power / sixth and final higher knowledge at once
Why this discourse
Confirmed by direct reading of its own root colophon, this discourse closes three things at once: Vagga 2 (“Cuddasamaṁ” — the fourteenth), the entire Anuruddhasaṃyutta (“Anuruddhasaṁyuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ” — confirming this project's own expected structure of 24 discourses across 2 vaggas), and — per this project's own confirmed convergence starting at SN 52.22 — the tenth and final of the ten Tathāgata powers, simultaneously the sixth and final of the classic sixfold higher knowledges already given in full at SN 51.11: the ending of defilements, the traditional mark of full awakening.
Reading guide
The close of both traditional lists at once
Confirmed by this project's own cross-reference since SN 52.22: this discourse is simultaneously the tenth Tathāgata power and the sixth higher knowledge — “the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom” realized “in this very life,” the classic culmination both lists converge on, matching the arahant formula already met throughout SN51 (khīṇāsavo vusitavā…sammadaññāvimutto).
The close of Vagga 2 and of the entire saṃyutta
Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon (not assumed): “Cuddasamaṁ. Dutiyo vaggo” (“Fourteenth. The second vagga [ends].”), followed immediately by “Anuruddhasaṁyuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ” (“The Linked Discourses with Anuruddha are the eighth [section].”) — confirming this project's own expected structure of 24 discourses across 2 vaggas (10+14), and Anuruddha's own saṃyutta as the eighth section of Book V.
Key terms
āsavānaṁ khayā anāsavaṁ cetovimuttiṁ paññāvimuttiṁ — “the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom…due to the ending of defilements” — the tenth and final Tathāgata power, and the sixth and final higher knowledge, at once
diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṁ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja viharāmi — “I live having realized it with my own insight, in this very life” — the classic arahant-formula phrasing, matching SN51's own khīṇāsavo vusitavā…sammadaññāvimutto
cuddasamaṁ — “fourteenth” — confirming this discourse's own position as Vagga 2's own final discourse
dutiyo vaggo — “the second vagga [ends]” — the root colophon's own vagga-closing marker
anuruddhasaṁyuttaṁ aṭṭhamaṁ — “the Linked Discourses with Anuruddha are the eighth [section]” — the root colophon's own confirmation that this discourse closes the entire saṃyutta
The text
Every genuinely translated fragment given in the consulted English source, including its own closing line. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“… And it’s because of developing and cultivating these four kinds of mindfulness meditation that I realized the undefiled freedom of heart and freedom by wisdom in this very life. And I live having realized it with my own insight due to the ending of defilements.”
ClosingThe Linked Discourses with Anuruddha are the eighth section.
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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
What does this discourse's own root colophon confirm, according to this project's own direct reading?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct reading of the root Pali colophon, not assumed in advance.
Question 2 of 3
What position does this discourse's own claim occupy in the two traditional lists this project has tracked since SN 52.15?
Correct: A. Confirmed by this project's own cross-reference, continuing the convergence first confirmed at SN 52.22.
Question 3 of 3
How does this discourse's own phrasing relate to the arahant formula already met throughout SN51?
Correct: A. Confirmed by direct comparison: khīṇāsavo vusitavā…sammadaññāvimutto, the same culminating claim.
