Dighanikaya 2.251

2.251

Tagghāti ekaṃse nipāto. Yathā dhammaṃ paṭikarosīti yathā dhammo ṭhito tatheva karosi, khamāpesīti vuttaṃ hoti. Taṃ te mayaṃ paṭiggaṇhāmāti taṃ tava aparādhaṃ mayaṃ khamāma. Vuḍḍhihesā, mahārāja ariyassa vinayeti esā, mahārāja, ariyassa vinaye buddhassa bhagavato sāsane vuḍḍhi nāma. Katamā? Yāyaṃ accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaritvā āyatiṃ saṃvarāpajjanā, desanaṃ pana puggalādhiṭṭhānaṃ karonto – ‘‘yo accayaṃ accayato disvā yathādhammaṃ paṭikaroti, āyatiṃ saṃvaraṃ āpajjatī’’ti āha.

'Surely' (taggha) is a particle denoting certainty. 'You make amends in accordance with the Dhamma' (yathā dhammaṃ paṭikarosi) means as the Dhamma is established, exactly so you act; 'you ask forgiveness' is what is meant. 'We accept that from you' (taṃ te mayaṃ paṭiggaṇhāma) means we forgive that transgression of yours. 'This is growth, great king, in the discipline of the noble one' (vuḍḍhihesā, mahārāja, ariyassa vinaye): this, great king, is called growth in the discipline of the noble one, in the Dispensation of the Buddha, the Blessed One. Which is it? That one, seeing a transgression as a transgression, makes amends in accordance with the Dhamma and undertakes restraint for the future. However, making the teaching personal, he said: 'He who, seeing a transgression as a transgression, makes amends in accordance with the Dhamma, undertakes restraint for the future.'