“The very same teaching that some say is ‘ultimate’, others say is inferior. Which of these statements is true, for all of them profess to be experts?”

“They say their own teaching is perfect, while the teaching of others is inferior. So arguing, they dispute, each saying their own conventions are the truth.

If someone else’s disparagement makes you inferior, no one in any teaching would be distinguished. For each of them says the other’s teaching is lacking, while forcefully advocating their own.

But if they honor their own teachings just as they praise their own journeys, then all doctrines would be equally valid, and purity would be specific to them.

After judging among the teachings, <j>a brahmin has adopted nothing that requires interpretation by another. That’s why they’ve gotten over disputes, for they see no other doctrine as best.