Dighanikaya 25.62_2

25.62_2

Attānanti attano guṇaṃ adassayamānoti ettha a-kāro nipātamattaṃ, dassayamānoti attho. Idampi me tapasminti idampi kammaṃ mameva tapasmiṃ, paccatte vā bhummaṃ, idampi mama tapoti attho. So hi asukasmiṃ ṭhāne acelako atthi muttācārotiādīni sutvā amhākaṃ esa tapo, amhākaṃ so antevāsikotiādīni bhaṇati. Asukasmiṃ vā pana ṭhāne paṃsukūliko bhikkhu atthītiādīni sutvā amhākaṃ esa tapo, amhākaṃ so antevāsikotiādīni bhaṇati.

“Himself” means his own virtues. “Not showing” (adassayamāno): here, the syllable ‘a’ is a mere particle; the meaning is “showing” (dassayamāno). “This too belongs to my austerity” means this action too belongs to my austerity; or the locative case has the sense of the nominative: the meaning is, “this too is my austerity.” For hearing that in such and such a place there is a naked ascetic of open behaviour and so on, he says, “That is our austerity, he is our resident pupil,” and so forth. Or hearing that in such and such a place there is a monk who wears rag-robes and so on, he says, “That is our austerity, he is our resident pupil,” and so forth.