Dighanikaya 21.366_2

21.366_2

Anekadhātu nānādhātu kho, devānaminda, lokoti devānaminda, ayaṃ loko anekajjhāsayo nānajjhāsayo. Ekasmiṃ gantukāme eko ṭhātukāmo hoti. Ekasmiṃ ṭhātukāme eko sayitukāmo hoti. Dve sattā ekajjhāsayā nāma dullabhā. Tasmiṃ anekadhātunānādhātusmiṃ loke yaṃ yadeva dhātuṃ yaṃ yadeva ajjhāsayaṃ sattā abhinivisanti gaṇhanti, taṃ tadeva. Thāmasā parāmāsāti thāmena ca parāmāsena ca. Abhinivissa voharantīti suṭṭhu gaṇhitvā voharanti, kathenti dīpenti kittenti. Idameva saccaṃ moghamaññanti idaṃ amhākameva vacanaṃ saccaṃ, aññesaṃ vacanaṃ moghaṃ tucchaṃ niratthakanti.

“The world is of many elements, of diverse elements, ruler of the devas”: ruler of the devas, this world is of many inclinations, of diverse inclinations. When one wishes to go, one wishes to stand. When one wishes to stand, one wishes to lie down. It is rare to find two beings of the same inclination. In that world of many elements and diverse elements, whatever element, whatever inclination beings adhere to and grasp, [they hold] only to that. “By tenacity and dogmatic adherence” means both by firmness and by misapprehension. “Having adhered, they express” means having seized firmly, they express, speak, explain, and proclaim: “Only this is true, the other is empty”; meaning, “Only this statement of ours is true, the statement of others is empty, hollow, and useless.”