Dighanikaya 2.166_2

2.166_2

Sandhinti gharasandhiṃ. Nillopanti mahāvilopaṃ. Ekāgārikanti ekameva gharaṃ parivāretvā viluppanaṃ. Paripantheti āgatāgatānaṃ acchindanatthaṃ magge tiṭṭhato. Karoto na karīyati pāpanti yaṃ kiñci pāpaṃ karomīti saññāya karotopi pāpaṃ na karīyati, natthi pāpaṃ. Sattā pana pāpaṃ karomāti evaṃsaññino hontīti dīpeti. Khurapariyantenāti khuraneminā, khuradhārasadisapariyantena vā. Ekaṃ maṃsakhalanti ekaṃ maṃsarāsiṃ. Puñjanti tasseva vevacanaṃ. Tatonidānanti ekamaṃsakhalakaraṇanidānaṃ.

"A breach" means a breach in a house. "Plunder" means grand plunder. "Single-house burglary" means plundering by surrounding just one house. "On a highway" means for someone standing in the road in order to rob those who come and go. "For the one who acts, no evil is done": even if one acts with the perception, 'I am doing something evil,' no evil is done; there is no evil. Yet he explains that beings have the perception: 'We are doing evil.' "With a razor-sharp rim" means with a rim of razors, or with a rim resembling the blade of a razor. "A single mass of flesh" means a single heap of flesh. "Mound" is just a synonym for this. "On that account" means on account of making a single mass of flesh.