Visuddhimagga XIII-109

415. Dibbasotadhātuñāṇaṃ parittapaccuppannaajjhattabahiddhārammaṇavasena catūsu ārammaṇesu pavattati.

（二）天耳界智的所缘

天耳界智是依于小、现在、内、外的所缘等的四所缘而进行的。

Ñ(XIII,109): (2) Knowledge of the divine ear element occurs with respect to four kinds of object, that is to say, as having a limited, and a present, and an internal or external object.

Kathaṃ?

如何（进行）？

Ñ: How?

Tañhi yasmā saddaṃ ārammaṇaṃ karoti, saddo ca paritto, tasmā parittārammaṇaṃ hoti.

（1）因为那（天耳界智）是以声为所缘，声是有限的，所以是（天耳界智的）「小所缘」。

Ñ: Since it makes sound its object and since sound is limited (see Vbh. 74), it therefore has a limited object.

Vijjamānaṃyeva pana saddaṃ ārammaṇaṃ katvā pavattanato paccuppannārammaṇaṃ hoti.

（2）因为是依于现存的声为所缘而进行，所以是它的「现在所缘」。

Ñ: But since it occurs only by making existing sound its object, it has a present object.

Taṃ attano kucchisaddasavanakāle ajjhattārammaṇaṃ.

（3）当他听自己的腹内的声音的时候，是它的「内所缘」。

Ñ: At the time of hearing sounds in one's own belly it has an internal object.

Paresaṃ saddasavanakāle bahiddhārammaṇanti

（4）闻他人之声的时候为「外所缘」。[PTS 431]

Ñ: At the time of hearing the sounds of others it has an external object. [431]

evaṃ dibbasotadhātuñāṇassa catūsu ārammaṇesu pavatti veditabbā.

如是当知天耳界智的进行是依于四所缘的。

Ñ: This is how the knowledge of the divine ear element should be understood to occur with respect to the four kinds of object.