Deep ponds

Bhikkhus, these four are ponds. What four?

A shallow pond with a deep light, a deep pond with a superficial light, a shallow pond with a superficial light, a deep pond with a deep light. Bhikkhus, these four are ponds.
Bhikkhus, these four are ponds. What four?

A shallow pond with a deep light, a deep pond with a superficial light, a shallow pond with a superficial light, a deep pond with a deep light. Bhikkhus, these four are the ponds.

Bhikkhus, there are four persons evident in the world comparable to these four ponds.

Which four? The shallow person with a deep light, the deep person with a superficial light, the shallow person with a superficial light and the deep person with a deep light.

Bhikkhus, who is the shallow person with a deep light?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person, delights in approaching, receding, looking on, scrutinizing, bending, stretching forth and bearing the three robes and bowl. He does not know as it really is, this is unpleasant, this its arising, this its cessation and this is the path leading to its cessation. Bhikkhus, this is the shallow person with a deep light. Bhikkhus, I compare him to the shallow pond with a deep light.

Bhikkhus, who is the deep person with a superficial light?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person, does not delight in approaching, receding, looking on, scrutinizing, bending, stretching forth and bearing the three robes and bowl. He knows as it really is, this is unpleasant, this its arising, this its cessation and this is the path leading to its cessation. Bhikkhus, this is the deep person with a superficial light. Bhikkhus, I compare him to the deep pond with a superficial light.

Bhikkhus, who is the shallow person with a superficial light?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person, does not delight in approaching, receding, looking on, scrutinizing, bending, stretching forth and bearing the three robes and bowl. He does not know as it really is, this is unpleasant, this its arising, this its cessation and this is the path leading to its cessation. Bhikkhus, this is the shallow person with a superficial light. Bhikkhus, I compare him to the shallow pond with a superficial light.

Bhikkhus, who is the deep person with a deep light?

Here, bhikkhus, a certain person, delights in approaching, receding, looking on, scrutinizing, bending, stretching forth and bearing the three robes and bowl. He knows as it really is, this is unpleasant, this its arising, this its cessation and this is the path leading to its cessation. Bhikkhus, this person is deep with a deep light. Bhikkhus, I compare him to the deep pond. with a deep light.

Bhikkhus, these four persons comparable to the four deep ponds are evident in the world.