Dighanikaya 1.4

1.4

Atha kho bhagavā tesaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ imaṃ saṅkhiyadhammaṃ viditvāti ettha viditvāti sabbaññutaññāṇena jānitvā. Bhagavā hi katthaci maṃsacakkhunā disvā jānāti – ‘‘addasā kho bhagavā mahantaṃ dārukkhandhaṃ gaṅgāya nadiyā sotena vuyhamāna’’ntiādīsu (saṃ. ni. 4.241) viya. Katthaci dibbacakkhunā disvā jānāti – ‘‘addasā kho bhagavā dibbena cakkhunā visuddhena atikkantamānusakena tā devatāyo sahassasseva pāṭaligāme vatthūni parigaṇhantiyo’’tiādīsu (dī. ni. 2.152) viya. Katthaci pakatisotena sutvā jānāti – ‘‘assosi kho bhagavā āyasmato ānandassa subhaddena paribbājakena saddhiṃ imaṃ kathāsallāpa’’ntiādīsu (dī. ni. 2.213) viya. Katthaci dibbasotena sutvā jānāti – ‘‘assosi kho bhagavā dibbāya sotadhātuyā visuddhāya atikkantamānusikāya sandhānassa gahapatissa nigrodhena paribbājakena saddhiṃ imaṃ kathāsallāpa’’ntiādīsu (dī. ni. 3.54) viya. Idha pana sabbaññutaññāṇena sutvā aññāsi. Kiṃ karonto aññāsi? Pacchimayāmakiccaṃ, kiccañca nāmetaṃ sātthakaṃ, niratthakanti duvidhaṃ hoti. Tattha niratthakakiccaṃ bhagavatā bodhipallaṅkeyeva arahattamaggena samugghātaṃ kataṃ. Sātthakaṃyeva pana bhagavato kiccaṃ hoti. Taṃ pañcavidhaṃ – purebhattakiccaṃ, pacchābhattakiccaṃ, purimayāmakiccaṃ, majjhimayāmakiccaṃ, pacchimayāmakiccanti.

"Then indeed the Blessed One, having understood this discussion among those monks"—here, "having understood" means having known with the knowledge of omniscience. For the Blessed One knows in some cases having seen with the physical eye, as in: "The Blessed One saw a large log of wood being carried along by the current of the river Ganges" and so on. In some cases he knows having seen with the divine eye, as in: "The Blessed One saw with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human, those deities occupying plots of land in thousands in Pāṭaligāma" and so on. In some cases he knows having heard with the normal ear, as in: "The Blessed One heard this conversation between the Venerable Ānanda and the wanderer Subhadda" and so on. In some cases he knows having heard with the divine ear, as in: "The Blessed One heard with the divine ear-element, purified and surpassing the human, this conversation between the householder Sandhāna and the wanderer Nigrodha" and so on. But here, having heard with the knowledge of omniscience, he understood. What was he doing when he understood? The duty of the last watch. For duty, so-called, is of two kinds: purposeful and purposeless. Therein, purposeless duty was eradicated by the Blessed One right on the throne of awakening by means of the path of arahantship. But the Blessed One has only purposeful duty. That is of five kinds: the duty before the meal, the duty after the meal, the duty of the first watch, the duty of the middle watch, and the duty of the last watch.