Dighanikaya 1.1_6

1.1_6

Me-saddo tīsu atthesu dissati. Tathā hissa – ‘‘gāthābhigītaṃ me abhojaneyya’’ntiādīsu (su. ni. 81) mayāti attho. ‘‘Sādhu me, bhante, bhagavā saṅkhittena dhammaṃ desetū’’tiādīsu (saṃ. ni. 4.88) mayhanti attho. ‘‘Dhammadāyādā me, bhikkhave, bhavathā’’tiādīsu (ma. ni. 1.29) mamāti attho. Idha pana mayā sutanti ca, mama sutanti ca atthadvaye yujjati.

The word me is seen in three senses. For indeed, in such passages as: ‘Food chanted over with verses is not to be eaten by me’ (Sn 81), its meaning is ‘by me’ (mayā). In such passages as: ‘It would be good, venerable sir, if the Blessed One would teach me the Dhamma in brief’ (SN 4.88), its meaning is ‘to me’ (mayhaṃ). In such passages as: ‘Be heirs to my Dhamma, monks’ (MN 1.29), its meaning is ‘my’ (mama). Here, however, it is fitting in the two meanings: ‘heard by me’ and ‘my hearing.’