བསླབ་པ་ལྔའ་ཕན་ཡན་གྱ་མད notes.25

notes.25

25. Pali yato me bhante Nakulamātā gahapatānī daharass’eva daharā ānītā nābhijānāmi Nakulamātaraṃ gahapatāniṃ manasā pi aticaritā, kuto pana kāyena iccheyyāma mayaṃ bhante diṭṭh’eva dhamme aññamaññaṃ passituṃ abhisamparāyañ ca aññamaññaṃ passitun ti (“Venerable Sir, ever since the householder Nakulamātā was brought to me when we were still young, I cannot remember having ever been unfaithful to the householder Nakulamātā in thought, let alone in body. We wish to exist together in future lives just as we do in the present life”). Both the Pali and the Tibetan employ the verb “to see” (Pali passati; Tib. mthong) here in an extended meaning, i.e., in the sense of existence or experience.