Dighanikaya 2.166_4

2.166_4

Ambaṃ puṭṭho labujaṃ byākaroti nāma, yo kīdiso ambo kīdisāni vā ambassa khandhapaṇṇapupphaphalānīti vutte ediso labujo edisāni vā labujassa khandhapaṇṇapupphaphalānīti byākaroti. Vijiteti āṇāpavattidese. Apasādetabbanti viheṭhetabbaṃ. Anabhinanditvāti ‘‘sādhu sādhū’’ti evaṃ pasaṃsaṃ akatvā. Appaṭikkositvāti bāladubbhāsitaṃ tayā bhāsitanti evaṃ appaṭibāhitvā. Anuggaṇhantoti sārato aggaṇhanto. Anikkujjantoti sāravaseneva idaṃ nissaraṇaṃ, ayaṃ paramatthoti hadaye aṭṭhapento. Byañjanaṃ pana tena uggahitañceva nikkujjitañca.

To 'answer with a breadfruit when asked about a mango' means: when it is asked, 'What is a mango like, or what are the trunk, leaves, flowers, and fruits of a mango like?', one answers, 'Such is a breadfruit, or such are the trunk, leaves, flowers, and fruits of a breadfruit.' "In the realm" means in the territory where his authority runs. "To be disparaged" means to be harassed. "Without rejoicing" means without praising in this way: 'Good, good!' "Without rejecting" means without turning it away in this way: 'What was spoken by you was badly spoken by a fool.' "Without grasping" means not grasping it as substantial. "Without taking it to heart" means not placing it in one's heart on account of substance, [thinking,] 'This is the escape, this is the ultimate truth.' The phrasing, however, was both grasped and retained in memory by him.