Dighanikaya 1.3_5

1.3_5

Idānissa suppaṭividitabhāvaṃ dassetuṃ ayañhītiādimāha. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti yā ca ayaṃ bhagavatā ‘‘dhātuso, bhikkhave, sattā saṃsandanti samenti, hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi saddhiṃ saṃsandanti samenti, kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṃ saṃsandanti samenti. Atītampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṃ dhātusova sattā saṃsandiṃsu samiṃsu, hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi…pe… kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṃ saṃsandiṃsu samiṃsu, anāgatampi kho, bhikkhave, addhānaṃ…pe… saṃsandissanti samessanti, etarahipi kho, bhikkhave, paccuppannaṃ addhānaṃ dhātusova sattā saṃsandanti samenti, hīnādhimuttikā hīnādhimuttikehi…pe… kalyāṇādhimuttikā kalyāṇādhimuttikehi saddhiṃ saṃsandanti samentī’’ti evaṃ sattānaṃ nānādhimuttikatā, nānajjhāsayatā, nānādiṭṭhikatā, nānākhantitā, nānārucitā, nāḷiyā minantena viya tulāya tulayantena viya ca nānādhimuttikatāñāṇena sabbaññutaññāṇena viditā, sā yāva suppaṭividitā. Dvepi nāma sattā ekajjhāsayā dullabhā lokasmiṃ. Ekasmiṃ gantukāme eko ṭhātukāmo hoti, ekasmiṃ pivitukāme eko bhuñjitukāmo. Imesu cāpi dvīsu ācariyantevāsīsu ayañhi ‘‘suppiyo paribbājako…pe… bhagavantaṃ piṭṭhito piṭṭhito anubandhā honti bhikkhusaṅghañcā’’ti. Tattha itihameti itiha ime, evaṃ imeti attho. Sesaṃ vuttanayameva.

Now, to show how well it has been penetrated, it is said: “For this…” and so on. This is what is meant: that which was said by the Blessed One, “Beings, monks, come together and unite according to their elements; those of low inclination come together and unite with those of low inclination, those of good inclination come together and unite with those of good inclination. In the past, too, monks, over time, beings came together and united according to their elements… In the future, too, monks, over time… they will come together and unite. Even now, monks, at present over time, beings come together and unite according to their elements: those of low inclination come together and unite with those of low inclination… those of good inclination come together and unite with those of good inclination.” In this way, the diverse inclinations, the diverse dispositions, the diverse views, the diverse preferences, the diverse tastes of beings—as though measured with a bushel or weighed on a balance—are known through the knowledge of diverse inclinations and omniscience; how thoroughly penetrated it is! Indeed, even two beings of identical disposition are rare in the world. When one wishes to go, one wishes to stay; when one wishes to drink, one wishes to eat. And even among these two, teacher and pupil, “this wanderer Suppiya… pe… followed right behind the Blessed One and the Saṅgha of monks.” There, “thus indeed these” means thus indeed these; this is the meaning. The rest is just in the manner already described.