Dighanikaya 23.429

23.429

Tirorājānopīti tiroraṭṭhe aññasmimpi janapade rājāno jānanti. Abyattoti avisado acheko. Kopenapīti ye maṃ evaṃ vakkhanti, tesu uppajjanakena kopenapi etaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ harissāmi pariharissāmīti gahetvā vicarissāmi. Makkhenāti tayā vuttayuttakāraṇamakkhalakkhaṇena makkhenāpi. Palāsenāti tayā saddhiṃ yugaggāhalakkhaṇena palāsenāpi.

"Even foreign kings": kings in foreign countries, in other realms too, know. "Incompetent": unclear, unskilled. "Even through anger": through anger arising towards those who will speak of me in this way, I will carry, I will maintain, this wrong view, taking it and wandering about. "Through denigration": even through denigration characterized by the disparaging of the valid reasons stated by you. "Through rivalry": even through rivalry characterized by competing with you.