Dighanikaya 24.6_2

24.6_2

Atha bhagavā – ‘‘sunakkhatta, evaṃ tvaṃ makkhibhāve ṭhito sayameva garahaṃ pāpuṇissasī’’ti makkhibhāve ādīnavadassanatthaṃ anekapariyāyenātiādimāha. Tattha anekapariyāyenāti anekakāraṇena. Vajjigāmeti vajjirājānaṃ gāme, vesālīnagare no visahīti nāsakkhi. So avisahantoti so sunakkhatto yassa pubbe tiṇṇaṃ ratanānaṃ vaṇṇaṃ kathentassa mukhaṃ nappahoti, so dāni teneva mukhena avaṇṇaṃ katheti, addhā avisahanto asakkonto brahmacariyaṃ carituṃ attano bālatāya avaṇṇaṃ kathetvā hīnāyāvatto. Buddho pana subuddhova, dhammo svākkhātova, saṅgho suppaṭipannova. Evaṃ tīṇi ratanāni thomentā manussā tuyheva dosaṃ dassessantīti. Iti kho teti evaṃ kho te, sunakkhatta, vattāro bhavissanti. Tato evaṃ dose uppanne satthā atītānāgate appaṭihatañāṇo, mayhaṃ evaṃ doso uppajjissatīti jānantopi puretaraṃ na kathesīti vattuṃ na lacchasīti dasseti. Apakkamevāti apakkamiyeva, apakkanto vā cutoti attho. Yathā taṃ āpāyikoti yathā apāye nibbattanāraho satto apakkameyya, evameva apakkamīti attho.

Then the Blessed One, to show the danger of disparaging conduct, saying: “Sunakkhatta, standing thus in disparaging conduct, you yourself will incur censure,” said [the passage] beginning with “in many ways” (anekapariyāyena). There, “in many ways” means for many reasons. “In the village of the Vajjis” means in the village of the Vajji kings, in the city of Vesālī. “Could not endure” (no visahī) means was unable. “He, unable to endure” (so avisahanto) means: this Sunakkhatta, whose mouth previously was not sufficient to speak the praise of the three jewels, now with that very mouth speaks dispraise. Indeed, unable, being incapable of leading the spiritual life, having spoken dispraise through his own foolishness, he reverted to the lower life. But the Buddha is truly well-awakened, the Dhamma is truly well-proclaimed, the Saṅgha is truly practicing well. People praising the three jewels in this way will show fault only in you. “Thus indeed they of you” (iti kho te) means: thus indeed will people speak to you, Sunakkhatta. By this he shows: when such a fault has arisen, you will not have the opportunity to say, “The Teacher, whose knowledge is unimpeded regarding the past and future, knew that such a fault would arise in me, yet he did not tell me beforehand.” “Departed indeed” (apakkameva) means departed entirely, or the meaning is: departed, i.e., fallen away. “Just as one destined for a state of deprivation” (yathā taṃ āpāyiko) means: the meaning is that he departed just as a being worthy of rebirth in a state of deprivation would depart.