Dighanikaya 24.7_2

24.7_2

Tattha ekamidāhanti ekasmiṃ ahaṃ. Samayanti samaye, ekasmiṃ kāle ahanti attho. Thūlūsūti thūlū nāma janapado, tattha viharāmi. Uttarakā nāmāti itthiliṅgavasena uttarakāti evaṃnāmako thūlūnaṃ janapadassa nigamo, taṃ nigamaṃ gocaragāmaṃ katvāti attho. Aceloti naggo. Korakkhattiyoti antovaṅkapādo khattiyo. Kukkuravatikoti samādinnakukkuravato sunakho viya ghāyitvā khādati, uddhanantare nipajjati, aññampi sunakhakiriyameva karoti. Catukkuṇḍikoti catusaṅghaṭṭito dve jāṇūni dve ca kappare bhūmiyaṃ ṭhapetvā vicarati. Chamānikiṇṇanti bhūmiyaṃ nikiṇṇaṃ pakkhittaṃ ṭhapitaṃ. Bhakkhasanti bhakkhaṃ yaṃkiñci khādanīyaṃ bhojanīyaṃ. Mukhenevāti hatthena aparāmasitvā khādanīyaṃ mukheneva khādati, bhojanīyampi mukheneva bhuñjati. Sādhurūpoti sundararūpo. Ayaṃ samaṇoti ayaṃ arahataṃ samaṇo ekoti. Tattha vatāti patthanatthe nipāto. Evaṃ kirassa patthanā ahosi ‘‘iminā samaṇena sadiso añño samaṇo nāma natthi, ayañhi appicchatāya vatthaṃ na nivāseti, ‘esa papañco’ti maññamāno bhikkhābhājanampi na pariharati, chamānikiṇṇameva khādati, ayaṃ samaṇo nāma. Mayaṃ pana kiṃ samaṇā’’ti? Evaṃ sabbaññubuddhassa pacchato carantova imaṃ pāpakaṃ vitakkaṃ vitakkesi.

There, “ekamidāhaṃ” means on one occasion I (ekasmiṃ ahaṃ). “Occasion” (samayaṃ) means at an occasion, meaning “at one time, I.” “Among the Thūlūs” (thūlūsū) means: there is a country named Thūlū; I was dwelling there. “Named Uttarakā” (uttarakā nāmā) means: by way of feminine gender, a market town of the Thūlū country named Uttarakā; the meaning is: having made that market town his alms resort. “A naked ascetic” (acelo) means naked. “A Khattiya of Korakkhatta” (korakkhattiyo) means a Khattiya whose feet were crooked inward. “A canine-vow practitioner” (kukkuravatiko) means one who has undertaken the canine vow: like a dog, he smells [his food] and eats, lies down in the middle of a fireplace, and performs only the actions of a dog. “On all fours” (catukkuṇḍiko) means walking around with four points of contact, having placed two knees and two elbows on the ground. “Thrown upon the ground” (chamānikiṇṇaṃ) means thrown, tossed, placed upon the ground. “Food” (bhakkhasaṃ) means food, whatever can be chewed or eaten. “With the mouth alone” (mukheneva) means without touching with the hand, he chews chewable food with the mouth alone, and eats soft food with the mouth alone. “Of goodly appearance” (sādhurūpo) means of handsome appearance. “This ascetic” (ayaṃ samaṇo) means this one ascetic among the arahants. There, “surely” (vata) is a particle in the sense of a wish. For thus he had a wish: “There is no other ascetic equal to this ascetic. For out of fewness of wishes he does not wear clothing; thinking ‘this is an impediment,’ he does not even carry an alms bowl; he eats only what is thrown on the ground; he is truly an ascetic. But what kind of ascetics are we?” Thus, even while walking behind the all-knowing Buddha, he thought this evil thought.