Dighanikaya 26.82_2

26.82_2

Atha me āroceyyāsīti tāta, tvaṃ ajja ādiṃ katvā divasassa tikkhattuṃ cakkaratanassa upaṭṭhānaṃ gaccha, evaṃ gacchanto yadā cakkaratanaṃ īsakampi osakkitaṃ ṭhānā cutaṃ passasi, atha mayhaṃ ācikkheyyāsi. Jīvitañhi me tava hatthe nikkhittanti. Addasāti appamatto divasassa tikkhattuṃ gantvā olokento ekadivasaṃ addasa.

‘Then you should inform me’ (atha me āroceyyāsi) means: ‘Dear child, from today onwards you must go three times a day to attend to the wheel-treasure; as you go in this way, when you see the wheel-treasure slipped down or fallen from its place even slightly, then you should report it to me. For my life is placed in your hands.’ ‘Saw’ (addasa): remaining heedful, going and watching three times a day, one day he saw it.