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divine eye

dibbena cakkhunā
(by means of) divine eye,
visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena
(which is) purified (and) surpassing-human's,
satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne
beings (he) sees passing-away (and) re-appearing.
hīne paṇīte
inferior (&) superior,
suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe,
beautiful (&) ugly,
sugate duggate
fortunate (&) unfortunate
yathā-kammū-(u)page
(in)-accordance-(to their)-kamma-result,
satte pajānāti –
(those) beings (he) understands.
‘ime vata, bhonto, sattā
these ****, ******, beings,
kāya-duc-caritena samannāgatā
bodily-bad-conduct (they) possess,
vacī-duc-caritena samannāgatā
verbal-bad-conduct (they) possess,
mano-duc-caritena samannāgatā
mental-bad-conduct (they) possess,
ariyānaṃ upavādakā
noble-ones (they) revile,
micchā-diṭṭhikā
wrong-views (they hold),
micchā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samādānā;
wrong-views-(guided)-actions-(they)-undertook,
te kāyassa bhedā
(when) their bodies break-up
paraṃ maraṇā
after death,
apāyaṃ dug-gatiṃ vinipātaṃ nirayaṃ
(in the) plane-of-deprivation, (the) bad-destination, (the) lower realms, (in) hell
upapannā.
(they have) reappeared.
Ime vā pana, bhonto, sattā
{but} these ** ****, ******, beings
kāya-su-caritena samannāgatā
bodily-good-conduct (they) possess,
vacī-su-caritena samannāgatā
verbal-good-conduct (they) possess,
mano-su-caritena samannāgatā
mental-good-conduct (they) possess,
ariyānaṃ an-upavādakā
noble-ones (they) don't-revile,
sammā-diṭṭhikā
right-views (they hold),
sammā-diṭṭhi-kamma-samādānā;
right-view-(guided)-actions-(they)-undertook,
te kāyassa bhedā
(when) their bodies break-up
paraṃ maraṇā
after death,
Su-gatiṃ saggaṃ lokaṃ
(in the) good-destinations, (in the) heavenly world
upapannā’ti.
(they have) reappeared.'
Iti
thus
dibbena cakkhunā
(by means of) divine eye,
visuddhena atikkanta-mānusakena
(which is) purified (and) surpassing-human's,
satte passati cavamāne upapajjamāne
beings (he) sees passing-away (and) re-appearing.
hīne paṇīte
inferior (&) superior,
suvaṇṇe dubbaṇṇe,
beautiful (&) ugly,
sugate duggate
fortunate (&) unfortunate
yathā-kammū-(u)page
(in)-accordance-(to their)-kamma-result,
satte pajānāti –
(those) beings (he) understands.


Chapter 9 on 6ab also offers valuable commentary not found in EBT.
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1 – sutta ref's

AN 3.80 Buddha could see Ānanda was going to attain nirvana in that life (divine eye sees potential future outcomes)
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