Dighanikaya 2.227

2.227

Dakkhoti cheko paṭibalo nhānīyacuṇṇāni kātuñceva payojetuñca sannetuñca. Kaṃsathāleti yena kenaci lohena katabhājane. Mattikabhājanaṃ pana thiraṃ na hoti. Sannentassa bhijjati. Tasmā taṃ na dasseti. Paripphosakaṃ paripphosakanti siñcitvā siñcitvā. Sanneyyāti vāmahatthena kaṃsathālaṃ gahetvā dakkhiṇahatthena pamāṇayuttaṃ udakaṃ siñcitvā siñcitvā parimaddanto piṇḍaṃ kareyya. Snehānugatāti udakasinehena anugatā. Snehaparetāti udakasinehena pariggahitā. Santarabāhirāti saddhiṃ antopadesena ceva bahipadesena ca sabbatthakameva udakasinehena phuṭāti attho. Na ca paggharaṇīti na ca bindu bindu udakaṃ paggharati, sakkā hoti hatthenapi dvīhipi tīhipi aṅgulīhi gahetuṃ ovaṭṭikāyapi kātunti attho.

"Skilled" means clever, capable of preparing, mixing, and kneading bath powders. "In a bronze basin" means in a vessel made of any kind of metal. A clay vessel, however, is not durable; it breaks when someone kneads [the powder in it]. Therefore, it is not mentioned. "Sprinkling repeatedly" means pouring water again and again. "Would knead" means taking the bronze basin with his left hand, and repeatedly pouring a measured amount of water with his right hand, rubbing it all around, he would make a ball. "Pervaded by moisture" means permeated by the moisture of the water. "Surrounded by moisture" means enveloped by the moisture of the water. "Inside and out" means both with the interior and with the exterior—the meaning is that it is pervaded everywhere by the moisture of the water. "Yet it does not drip" means that water does not drip out drop by drop; the meaning is that it can even be taken by hand, with two or three fingers, or even tucked into a waist-fold.