1"Bhikkhus, there are these four kinds of persons found existing in the world. What four? (1) One who judges on the basis of form, whose confidence is based on form. (2) One who judges on the basis of speech, whose confidence is based on speech. (3) One who judges on the basis of austerity, whose confidence is based on austerity. (4) One who judges on the basis of the Dhamma, whose confidence is based on the Dhamma.

These are the four kinds of persons found existing in the world." [n.754] The first, it seems, are those who place confidence in a spiritual teacher because of his impressive physical form (rūpa), i.e., his beauty. The second are those whose confidence is based on impressive speech (ghosa, perhaps "voice," a soothing and melodious voice); the third, those whose confidence is based on a teacher's austerity (lūkha; Mp gives as examples using a coarse robe and alms bowl); and the fourth, those who place confidence in a teacher because of his teaching (dhamma). Mp says that one out of 100,000 people base their confidence on the teacher's Dhamma.

2Those who judge on the basis of form
and those who follow because of speech
have come under the control of desire and lust;
those people do not understand. [n.755] Reading with Be nābhijānanti te janā.

3One who does not know the inside
and does not see the outside,
a fool obstructed on all sides,
is carried away by speech.

4One who does not know the inside
yet who clearly sees the outside,
seeing the fruit externally,
is also carried away by speech.

5But one who understands the inside
and who clearly sees the outside,
seeing without hindrances,
is not carried away by speech.

1"Cattārome, bhikkhave, puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasmiṁ. Katame cattāro? Rūpappamāṇo rūpappasanno, ghosappamāṇo ghosappasanno, lūkhappamāṇo lūkhappasanno, dhammappamāṇo dhammappasanno –

ime kho, bhikkhave, cattāro puggalā santo saṁvijjamānā lokasminti.

2Ye ca rūpe pamāṇiṁsu,
ye ca ghosena anvagū;
Chandarāgavasūpetā,
nābhijānanti te janā.

3Ajjhattañca na jānāti,
bahiddhā ca na passati;
Samantāvaraṇo bālo,
sa ve ghosena vuyhati.

4Ajjhattañca na jānāti,
bahiddhā ca vipassati;
Bahiddhā phaladassāvī,
sopi ghosena vuyhati.

5Ajjhattañca pajānāti,
bahiddhā ca vipassati;
Vinīvaraṇadassāvī,
na so ghosena vuyhatī"ti.

Pañcamaṁ.