Dighanikaya 1.6_2

1.6_2

Evaṃ paṭhamanayena uppilāvitattaṃ nivāretvā, dutiyena tattha ādīnavaṃ dassento – ‘‘tatra ce tumhe assathā’’tiādimāha. Idhāpi tumhaṃ yevassa tena antarāyoti tena uppilāvitattena tumhākaṃyeva paṭhamajjhānādīnaṃ antarāyo bhaveyyāti attho veditabbo. Kasmā panetaṃ vuttaṃ? Nanu bhagavatā –

Having thus prevented elation by the first method, showing the danger therein by the second, he said: 'If you should be [pleased] at that...' and so forth. Here too, 'it would only be an obstacle to you' should be understood to mean: because of that elation, there would only be an obstacle to you for the first absorption and so forth. But why was this said? Has not the Blessed One said: