Dighanikaya 2.212

2.212

Na kutoci bhayaṃ samanupassati, yadidaṃ sīlasaṃvaratoti yāni asaṃvaramūlakāni bhayāni uppajjanti, tesu yaṃ idaṃ bhayaṃ sīlasaṃvarato bhaveyya, taṃ kutoci ekasaṃvaratopi na samanupassati. Kasmā? Saṃvarato asaṃvaramūlakassa bhayassa abhāvā. Muddhābhisittoti yathāvidhānavihitena khattiyābhisekena muddhani avasitto. Yadidaṃ paccatthikatoti yaṃ kutoci ekapaccatthikatopi bhayaṃ bhaveyya, taṃ na samanupassati. Kasmā? Yasmā nihatapaccāmitto. Ajjhattanti niyakajjhattaṃ, attano santāneti attho. Anavajjasukhanti anavajjaṃ aninditaṃ kusalaṃ sīlapadaṭṭhānehi avippaṭisārapāmojjapītipassaddhidhammehi pariggahitaṃ kāyikacetasikasukhaṃ paṭisaṃvedeti. Evaṃ kho, mahārāja, bhikkhu sīlasampanno hotīti evaṃ nirantaraṃ vitthāretvā dassitena tividhena sīlena samannāgato bhikkhu sīlasampanno nāma hotīti sīlakathaṃ niṭṭhāpesi.

"He sees no fear from any quarter, that is, on account of restraint in morality": among the fears that arise rooted in lack of restraint, he does not see any such fear that might arise on account of restraint in morality, even from a single restraint. Why? Because owing to restraint, there is an absence of fear rooted in lack of restraint. "Anointed on the head": sprinkled on the head with the consecration of a khattiya according to the prescribed rule. "That is, on account of an enemy": he does not see any fear that might come from anywhere, even from a single enemy. Why? Because his enemies have been destroyed. "Internally": in his own interior, meaning in his own continuity. "Blameless happiness": he experiences bodily and mental happiness that is blameless, unblemished, wholesome, and embraced by the states of non-remorse, gladness, joy, and tranquility, which are the proximate causes of morality. "Thus indeed, great king, a bhikkhu is possessed of morality": having thus explained in detail without break, he concluded the discourse on morality [indicating that] a bhikkhu endowed with the threefold morality shown in this way is called "possessed of morality."