Dighanikaya 24.47

24.47

Asatāti avijjamānena, asaṃvijjamānaṭṭhenāti attho. Tucchāti tucchena antosāravirahitena. Musāti musāvādena. Abhūtenāti bhūtatthavirahitena. Abbhācikkhantīti abhiācikkhanti. Viparītoti viparītasañño viparītacitto. Bhikkhavo cāti na kevalaṃ samaṇo gotamoyeva, ye ca assa anusiṭṭhiṃ karonti, te bhikkhū ca viparītā. Atha yaṃ sandhāya viparītoti vadanti, taṃ dassetuṃ samaṇo gotamotiādi vuttaṃ. Subhaṃ vimokkhanti vaṇṇakasiṇaṃ. Asubhantvevāti subhañca asubhañca sabbaṃ asubhanti evaṃ pajānāti. Subhantveva tasmiṃ samayeti subhanti eva ca tasmiṃ samaye pajānāti, na asubhaṃ. Bhikkhavo cāti ye te evaṃ vadanti, tesaṃ bhikkhavo ca antevāsikasamaṇā viparītā. Pahotīti samattho paṭibalo.

'With falsehood' means with what is non-existent, meaning in the sense of not being present. 'Empty' means by what is hollow, devoid of inner substance. 'Untrue' means by false speech. 'Groundless' means devoid of fact. 'Misrepresent' means they slander. 'Distorted' means with distorted perception, with a distorted mind. 'And the monks' means not only the ascetic Gotama alone, but also those monks who carry out his instruction are distorted. Then, to show in reference to what they say 'distorted', the phrase beginning with 'the ascetic Gotama' is stated. 'Beautiful liberation' means the colour kasina. 'As solely unbeautiful' means one understands both the beautiful and the unbeautiful all as just unbeautiful. 'As solely beautiful at that time' means at that time one understands it as solely beautiful, not unbeautiful. 'And the monks' means the monks, the resident student ascetics, of those who speak thus are also distorted. 'Is capable' means competent, able.