Dighanikaya 2.185

2.185

Yadi evaṃ santeti yadi tava dāso tuyhaṃ santikā abhivādanādīni labheyya. Evaṃ sante. Addhāti ekaṃsavacanametaṃ. Paṭhamanti bhaṇanto aññassāpi atthitaṃ dīpeti. Teneva ca rājā sakkā pana, bhante, aññampītiādimāha.

‘If this were so’ means: if your slave were to receive salutations and so forth from your presence; this being the case. ‘Certainly’ is a word of certainty. Saying ‘a first,’ he indicates the presence of another as well. And for that very reason the king said: ‘Is it possible, venerable sir, [to show] another...’ and so forth.