4.231. Các Thi Sĩ

“Cattārome, bhikkhave, kavī.

Katame cattāro?

Cintākavi, sutakavi, atthakavi, paṭibhānakavi—

Ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro kavī”ti.

Ekādasamaṁ.

Duccaritavaggo tatiyo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Duccaritaṁ diṭṭhi akataññū ca,

Pāṇātipātāpi dve maggā;

Dve vohārapathā vuttā,

Ahirikaṁ duppaññakavinā cāti.

“Mendicants, there are these four poets.

What four?

A poet who thoughtfully composes their own work, a poet who repeats the oral transmission, a poet who educates, and a poet who improvises.

These are the four poets.”