Dighanikaya 28.142_2

28.142_2

Sīhanādoti seṭṭhanādo, neva dandhāyantena na gaggarāyantena sīhena viya uttamanādo naditoti attho. Kiṃ te sāriputtāti imaṃ desanaṃ kasmā ārabhīti? Anuyogadāpanatthaṃ. Ekacco hi sīhanādaṃ naditvā attano sīhanāde anuyogaṃ dātuṃ na sakkoti, nighaṃsanaṃ nakkhamati, lepe patitamakkaṭo viya hoti. Yathā dhamamānaṃ aparisuddhalohaṃ jhāyitvā jhāmaaṅgāro hoti, evaṃ jhāmaṅgāro viya hoti. Eko sīhanāde anuyogaṃ dāpiyamāno dātuṃ sakkoti, nighaṃsanaṃ khamati, dhamamānaṃ niddosajātarūpaṃ viya adhikataraṃ sobhati, tādiso thero. Tena naṃ bhagavā ‘‘anuyogakkhamo aya’’nti ñatvā sīhanāde anuyogadāpanatthaṃ imampi desanaṃ ārabhi.

'Lion's roar' means a foremost roar; the meaning is that an supreme roar has been roared, like a lion that is neither hesitant nor stuttering. Why did he begin this discourse with: 'What of you, Sāriputta?' To offer examination. For someone, having roared a lion's roar, is unable to face examination of his lion's roar, does not endure friction, and is like a monkey fallen into pitch. Just as impure metal being smelted burns and becomes charred cinders, so he becomes like a charred cinder. But someone else, when examination is offered of his lion's roar, is able to face it, endures friction, and, like flawless gold being smelted, shines all the more; such was the elder. Therefore, knowing 'He is capable of examination,' the Blessed One began this discourse in order to offer examination of his lion's roar.