Dighanikaya 1.1_47

1.1_47

Tatrāti tasmiṃ addhānamagge, tesu vā dvīsu janesu. Sudanti nipātamattaṃ. Anekapariyāyenāti pariyāya-saddo tāva vāradesanākāraṇesu vattati. ‘‘Kassa nu kho, ānanda, ajja pariyāyo bhikkhuniyo ovaditu’’ntiādīsu (ma. ni. 3.398) hi vāre pariyāyasaddo vattati. ‘‘Madhupiṇḍikapariyāyotveva naṃ dhārehī’’tiādīsu (ma. ni. 1.205) desanāyaṃ. ‘‘Imināpi kho, te rājañña, pariyāyena evaṃ hotū’’tiādīsu (dī. ni. 2.411) kāraṇe. Svāyamidhāpi kāraṇe vattati, tasmā ayamettha attho – ‘‘anekavidhena kāraṇenā’’ti, ‘‘bahūhi kāraṇehī’’ti vuttaṃ hoti.

“There” (tatra): on that highway, or between those two people. “Indeed” (sudaṃ) is a mere particle. “In many ways” (anekapariyāyena): first, the word ‘pariyāya’ is used in the senses of turn, teaching, and reason. For in passages such as “Whose turn is it today, Ānanda, to exhort the bhikkhunīs?” the word ‘pariyāya’ is used for a turn. In passages such as “Bear it in mind as the exposition of the honey-ball,” it is used for a teaching. In passages such as “By this reason too, prince, let it be so,” it is used for a reason. Here too, this word is used in the sense of a reason; therefore, this is the meaning here: “for various reasons,” meaning “by many reasons.”