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57. There/bhikkhu/one who was/as first/born/to him/thus occurs/ ‘I am the Brahma/the
great Brahma/ the Great Brahmā/the supreme one/the mighty one/the all-seeing
one/the ruler/the lord of the all/the controller/the creator/the chief of the all/appointing
to each his place/the ancient days/the father of all that are/are to be/ by me/these being
are created/to that/what the reason is? In me/at first/it was thus/‘oh that other
beings/here/might come/thus was/my intention/these being/to this place/have
come/those being who came later/to them/thus it occurred/this is/gentlements/the
Brahma/ the Great Brahmā/the supreme one/the mighty one/the all-seeing one/the
ruler/the lord of the all/the controller/the creator/the chief of the all/appointing to each
his place/the ancient days/the father of all that are/are to be/ to that/what the reason is?
This is the one/we saw/here/as first born one/we/after him/were born/

58. There/bhikkhus/whoever being/as first/was born/he possesses longer life/greater
beauty/greater authority/those beings/thos who were born afterwards/they possess
shorter life/lesser beauty/lesser authority/ such place/bhikkus/does exist/where a
certain being/from there/having passed away/to this place/comes/having come/from
house/to houseless life/ was ordained/from house/in houseless life/being ordained/by
means of ardor/by means of endeavor/by means of application/by means of
diligence/by means of right reflection/that type of mental concentration/touches/where
in a concentrated mind/that previous dwelling/recollects/than that does not
recollects/he thus was said/Who is that/Brahma/the Great Brahmā/the supreme one/the
mighty one/the all-seeing one/the ruler/the lord of the all/the controller/the creator/the
chief of the all/appointing to each his place/the ancient days/the father of all that
are/are to be/we/by Brahma/were created/he is permanent/stable/eternal/not subject to
change/as eternity/as same as/will remain/those we/that Venerated Brahma/were
created/we are/impermanent/unstable/short-lived/doomed to parish/this status/have
come/

59. This is/bhikkhus/first ground/ what having been approached/what having been
focused/are eternalists/ regarding to one thing/eternalists/regarding other things/non-
eternalists/the self and the world/declare

60. In the second/those honorable recluses and Brahmins/ what having been
approached/what having been focused/are eternalists/ regarding to one
thing/eternalists/regarding other things/non-eternalists/the self and the world/declare?