Dighanikaya 2.150_14

2.150_14

Vedehiputtoti ayaṃ kosalarañño dhītāya putto, na videharañño. Vedehīti pana paṇḍitādhivacanametaṃ. Yathāha – ‘‘vedehikā gahapatānī (ma. ni. 1.226), ayyo ānando vedehamunī’’ti (saṃ. ni. 2.154). Tatrāyaṃ vacanattho – vidanti etenāti vedo, ñāṇassetaṃ adhivacanaṃ. Vedena īhati ghaṭati vāyamatīti vedehī. Vedehiyā putto vedehiputto.

‘Vedehiputto’ means: he was the son of the daughter of the king of Kosala, not of the king of Videha. But ‘Vedehī’ is a designation for a wise woman. As it is said: “Vedehikā the housewife” (MN 1.226), “The venerable Ānanda, the sage of Videha” (SN 2.154). Here, this is the derivation of the word: they know by this, thus ‘veda’; this is a designation for knowledge. One who strives, works, endeavors with knowledge is a ‘vedehī’. The son of a vedehī is ‘Vedehiputto’.