Dighanikaya 2.252

2.252

Evaṃ vutteti evaṃ bhagavatā vutte. Handa ca dāni mayaṃ bhanteti ettha handāti vacasāyatthe nipāto. So hi gamanavacasāyaṃ katvā evamāha. Bahukiccāti balavakiccā. Bahukaraṇīyāti tasseva vevacanaṃ. Yassadāni tvanti yassa idāni tvaṃ mahārāja gamanassa kālaṃ maññasi jānāsi, tassa kālaṃ tvameva jānāsīti vuttaṃ hoti. Padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmīti tikkhattuṃ padakkhiṇaṃ katvā dasanakhasamodhānasamujjalaṃ añjaliṃ sirasi patiṭṭhapetvā yāva dassanavisayaṃ bhagavato abhimukhova paṭikkamitvā dassanavijahanaṭṭhānabhūmiyaṃ pañcapatiṭṭhitena vanditvā pakkāmi.

'When this was said' (evaṃ vutte) means when this was spoken by the Blessed One. 'Well then, venerable sir, we' (handa ca dāni mayaṃ, bhante): here, 'well then' (handa) is a particle in the sense of an initiative to speak. Indeed, having initiated speech about leaving, he spoke thus. 'Have much to do' (bahukiccā) means having pressing duties. 'Many things to be done' (bahukaraṇīyā) is a synonym for that same phrase. 'Now for that of which you' (yassadāni tvaṃ): now, great king, for whatever departure you deem to be the proper time, 'you yourself know the time for that' is what is meant. 'Having circumambulated, he departed' (padakkhiṇaṃ katvā pakkāmi): having circumambulated three times, placed his hands joined in reverent salutation, radiant with the gathering of ten fingernails, upon his head, backed away facing the Blessed One as long as he was within sight, and bowed with the five-point prostration at the place of losing sight, he departed.