“Mendicants, there are these four Dhamma speakers. “Cattārome, bhikkhave, dhammakathikā. What four? Katame cattāro?

One Dhamma speaker speaks little and off topic. Idha, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati asahitañca; And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks little but stays on topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko appañca bhāsati sahitañca; And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much but off topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati asahitañca; And their assembly can’t tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa na kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

One Dhamma speaker speaks much and stays on topic. Idha pana, bhikkhave, ekacco dhammakathiko bahuñca bhāsati sahitañca; And their assembly can tell what’s on topic and what’s off topic. parisā cassa kusalā hoti sahitāsahitassa. Such an assembly regards such a Dhamma speaker simply as a Dhamma speaker. Evarūpo, bhikkhave, dhammakathiko evarūpāya parisāya dhammakathikotveva saṅkhaṁ gacchati.

These are the four Dhamma speakers.” Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro dhammakathikā”ti.

Navamaṁ.