Dighanikaya 27.113

27.113

Anucaṅkamiṃsūti añjaliṃ paggayha onatasarīrā hutvā anuvattamānā caṅkamiṃsu. Vāseṭṭhaṃ āmantesīti so tesaṃ paṇḍitataro gahetabbaṃ vissajjetabbañca jānāti, tasmā taṃ āmantesi. Tumhe khvatthāti tumhe kho attha. Brāhmaṇajaccāti, brāhmaṇajātikā. Brāhmaṇakulīnāti brāhmaṇesu kulīnā kulasampannā. Brāhmaṇakulāti brāhmaṇakulato, bhogādisampannaṃ brāhmaṇakulaṃ pahāyāti attho. Na akkosantīti dasavidhena akkosavatthunā na akkosanti. Na paribhāsantīti nānāvidhāya paribhavakathāya na paribhāsantīti attho. Iti bhagavā ‘‘brāhmaṇā ime sāmaṇere akkosanti paribhāsantī’’ti jānamānova pucchati. Kasmā? Ime mayā apucchitā paṭhamataraṃ na kathessanti, akathite kathā na samuṭṭhātīti kathāsamuṭṭhāpanatthāya. Tagghāti ekaṃsavacane nipāto, ekaṃseneva no, bhante, brāhmaṇā akkosanti paribhāsantīti vuttaṃ hoti. Attarūpāyāti attano anurūpāya. Paripuṇṇāyāti yathāruci padabyañjanāni āropetvā āropetvā paripūritāya. No aparipuṇṇāyāti antarā aṭṭhapitāya nirantaraṃ pavattāya.

“Walked up and down following”: having raised their hands in veneration and bowed their bodies, they walked up and down following him. “Addressed Vāseṭṭha”: he was the wiser of the two and knew what was to be taken up and what was to be dropped; therefore he addressed him. “You are indeed” means you are indeed. “Brahmins by birth” means of brahmin caste. “Of brahmin lineage” means born of high families among brahmins, endowed with lineage. “From brahmin families” means from a brahmin family; the meaning is: having abandoned a brahmin family endowed with wealth and the like. “Do not revile” means they do not revile with the ten grounds for reviling. “Do not insult” means they do not insult with diverse abusive speech; this is the meaning. Thus the Blessed One asks, knowing full well that “Brahmins are reviling and insulting these novices.” Why? For the sake of giving rise to talk, thinking: “If not asked by me, they will not speak first, and if nothing is spoken, talk will not arise.” “Surely” is a particle in the sense of certainty; the meaning stated is: “Surely, venerable sir, the brahmins revile and insult us.” “Customary” means suitable to themselves. “Complete” means filled out by repeatedly bringing in words and syllables according to their inclination. “Not incomplete” means unbroken, having proceeded without interruption.