Dighanikaya 2.250_2

2.250_2

Tattha abhikkantaṃ, bhanteti ayaṃ abhikkantasaddo khayasundarābhirūpaabbhanumodanesu dissati. ‘‘Abhikkantā bhante, ratti, nikkhanto paṭhamo yāmo, ciranisinno bhikkhusaṅgho’’tiādīsu (a. ni. 8.20) hi khaye dissati. ‘‘Ayaṃ me puggalo khamati, imesaṃ catunnaṃ puggalānaṃ abhikkantataro ca paṇītataro cā’’tiādīsu (a. ni. 4.100) sundare.

Here, "Magnificent, venerable sir!"—this word "magnificent" is found in the senses of exhaustion, excellence, beauty, and rejoiced approval. For it is found in the sense of exhaustion in such passages as: "The night is far spent, venerable sir; the first watch has passed; the Saṅgha of monks has been sitting for a long time" (AN 8.20). It is found in the sense of excellence in such passages as: "This person pleases me; he is more excellent and more sublime than these four persons" (AN 4.100).