[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [The Pāli Canon](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada) › [Basket of Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp) › [Dīghanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha) › [Sumangalavilasini](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini) › 25.53\_3 # Dighanikaya 25.53\_3 Sumaṅgalavilāsinī 25.53\_3 - **Language:** Pāli ### [25.53\_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53_3) Sākacchanti saṃsandanaṃ. Paññāveyyattiyanti uttarapaccuttaranayena ñāṇabyattabhāvaṃ. Suññāgārahatāti suññāgāresu naṭṭhā, samaṇena hi gotamena bodhimūle appamattikā paññā adhigatā, sāpissa suññāgāresu ekakassa nisīdato naṭṭhā. Yadi pana mayaṃ viya gaṇasaṅgaṇikaṃ katvā nisīdeyya, nāssa paññā nasseyyāti dasseti. Aparisāvacaroti avisāradattā parisaṃ otarituṃ na sakkoti. Nālaṃ sallāpāyāti na samattho sallāpaṃ kātuṃ. Antamantānevāti koci maṃ pañhaṃ puccheyyāti pañhābhīto antamantāneva pantasenāsanāni sevati. Gokāṇāti ekakkhihatā kāṇagāvī. Sā kira pariyantacārinī hoti, antamantāneva sevati. Sā kira kāṇakkhibhāvena vanantābhimukhīpi na sakkoti bhavituṃ. Kasmā? Yasmā pattena vā sākhāya vā kaṇṭakena vā pahārassa bhāyati. Gunnaṃ abhimukhīpi na sakkoti bhavituṃ. Kasmā? Yasmā siṅgena vā kaṇṇena vā vālena vā pahārassa bhāyati. Iṅghāti codanatthe nipāto. Saṃsādeyyāmāti ekapañhapucchaneneva saṃsādanaṃ visādamāpannaṃ kareyyāma. Tucchakumbhīva nanti rittaghaṭaṃ viya naṃ. Orodheyyāmāti vinandheyyāma. Pūritaghaṭo hi ito cito ca parivattetvā na suvinandhanīyo hoti. Rittako yathāruci parivattetvā sakkā hoti vinandhituṃ, evameva hatapaññatāya rittakumbhisadisaṃ samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ vādavinandhanena samantā vinandhissāmāti vadati. > "Discussion" means comparing \[views\]. "Clarity of wisdom" means the state of clear understanding by way of questions and counter-questions. "Ruined by empty dwellings": destroyed in empty dwellings; for only a tiny amount of wisdom was attained by the recluse Gotama at the foot of the Bodhi tree, and even that was destroyed as he sat alone in empty dwellings. But if, like us, he were to sit having formed company with a group, his wisdom would not be destroyed—this is what he shows. "He does not frequent assemblies": owing to lack of confidence he is unable to enter an assembly. "He is not fit for conversation": he is not capable of having a conversation. "He frequents only the outskirts": afraid of questions, thinking 'Someone might ask me a question,' he frequents only the outskirts, secluded lodgings. "Gokāṇā" is a one-eyed cow. She, it is said, wanders along the perimeter, frequenting only the outskirts. She, it is said, because of being blind in one eye, is unable even to face the edge of the forest. Why? Because she is afraid of a blow from a leaf, a branch, or a thorn. She is also unable to face cattle. Why? Because she is afraid of a blow from a horn, an ear, or a tail. "Iṅgha" is a particle in the sense of urging. "We would confound him": by asking a single question we would make him confounded, fallen into dejection. "Like an empty pot": him, like an empty vessel. "We would overturn him": we would bind him fast. For a filled pot, being rolled this way and that, is not easy to bind fast. But an empty one can be rolled and bound fast as one pleases; just so, because his wisdom is ruined, we will encircle the recluse Gotama with a web of arguments as though he were an empty pot—this is what he says. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 25.53\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53_2) - [Next: 25.53\_4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53_4) - [Up: 25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini~en-mt.25.53_3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53_3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.digha!sumangalavilasini.25.53_3) · Pramāṇa