Dighanikaya 1.64

1.64

Paṇḍitāti paṇḍiccena samannāgatā. Nipuṇāti saṇhasukhumabuddhino sukhumaatthantaraṃ paṭivijjhanasamatthā. Kataparappavādāti viññātaparappavādā ceva parehi saddhiṃ katavādaparicayā ca. Vālavedhirūpāti vālavedhidhanuggahasadisā. Te bhindantā maññeti vālavedhi viya vālaṃ sukhumānipi paresaṃ diṭṭhigatāni attano paññāgatena bhindantā viya carantīti attho. Te maṃ tatthāti te samaṇabrāhmaṇā maṃ tesu kusalākusalesu. Samanuyuñjeyyunti ‘‘kiṃ kusalaṃ, kiṃ akusalanti attano laddhiṃ vadā’’ti laddhiṃ puccheyyuṃ. Samanugāheyyunti ‘‘idaṃ nāmā’’ti vutte ‘‘kena kāraṇena etamatthaṃ gāheyyu’’nti kāraṇaṃ puccheyyuṃ. Samanubhāseyyunti ‘‘iminā nāma kāraṇenā’’ti vutte kāraṇe dosaṃ dassetvā ‘‘na tvaṃ idaṃ jānāsi, idaṃ pana gaṇha, idaṃ vissajjehī’’ti evaṃ samanuyuñjeyyuṃ. Na sampāyeyyanti na sampādeyyaṃ, sampādetvā kathetuṃ na sakkuṇeyyanti attho. So mamassa vighātoti yaṃ taṃ punappunaṃ vatvāpi asampāyanaṃ nāma, so mama vighāto assa, oṭṭhatālujivhāgalasosanadukkhameva assāti attho. Sesametthāpi paṭhamavārasadisameva.

"Wise": endowed with wisdom. "Subtle": possessing keen, refined intellect, capable of penetrating subtle nuances of meaning. "Experienced in the doctrines of others": having understood the doctrines of others, and having practiced debate with others. "Hair-splitting": like hair-splitting archers. "They, as it were, splitting": the meaning is that, like a hair-splitter splitting a hair, they walk about as if splitting even the subtle views of others with their own wisdom. "They me there": those ascetics and brahmins [cross-examining] me concerning those wholesome and unwholesome states. "Might cross-examine": they might ask about [one's] doctrine, saying, "State your doctrine: what is wholesome, what is unwholesome?" "Might demand reasons": the meaning is that when it is said, "Such is the case," they might ask for the reason, [saying,] "By what reason would one grasp this meaning?" "Might press for explanations": the meaning is that when it is said, "By such and such a reason," they might cross-examine by pointing out a flaw in the reason, [saying,] "You do not understand this; rather, accept this and reject that." "I might not satisfy": I might not produce [an answer], the meaning being that I might not be able to speak so as to satisfy [them]. "That would be distress for me": that failure to satisfy, even after speaking repeatedly, would be distress for me, the meaning being that it would just be the suffering of drying of the lips, palate, tongue, and throat. The rest here too is just like the first turn.