Dighanikaya 23.439

23.439

Imaṃ pana therassa dhammakathaṃ sutvā pāyāsirājañño theraṃ nimantetvā sattāhaṃ therassa mahādānaṃ datvā tato paṭṭhāya mahājanassa dānaṃ paṭṭhapesi. Taṃ sandhāya atha kho pāyāsi rājaññotiādi vuttaṃ. Tattha kaṇājakanti sakuṇḍakaṃ uttaṇḍulabhattaṃ. Bilaṅgadutiyanti kañjikadutiyaṃ. Dhorakāni ca vatthānīti thūlāni ca vatthāni. Guḷavālakānīti guḷadasāni, puñjapuñjavasena ṭhitamahantadasānīti attho. Evaṃ anuddisatīti evaṃ upadisati. Pādāpīti pādenapi.

Now, having heard this Dhamma discourse of the elder, Prince Pāyāsi invited the elder, gave a great gift to the elder for seven days, and from then on established a gift for the multitude. Referring to this, it was said: "Then Prince Pāyāsi..." and so forth. In that passage, "broken rice" means boiled rice with the grains damaged and accompanied by bran. "Together with sour gruel" means accompanied by fermented rice water. "And rough cloths" means and coarse garments. "With tassel borders" means having fringed ends; the meaning is: having large tassels standing in thick bunches. "Thus he designated" means thus he directed. "Even with a foot" means even by a foot.