Dighanikaya 28.160

28.160

Idāni aparenapi ākārena bhagavato guṇe dassento yaṃ taṃ bhantetiādimāha. Tattha saddhena kulaputtenāti saddhā kulaputtā nāma atītānāgatapaccuppannā bodhisattā. Tasmā yaṃ sabbaññubodhisattena pattabbanti vuttaṃ hoti. Kiṃ pana tena pattabbaṃ? Nava lokuttaradhammā. Āraddhavīriyenātiādīsu ‘‘vīriyaṃ thāmo’’tiādīni sabbāneva vīriyavevacanāni. Tattha āraddhavīriyenāti paggahitavīriyena. Thāmavatāti thāmasampannena thiravīriyena. Purisathāmenāti tena thāmavatā yaṃ purisathāmena pattabbanti vuttaṃ hoti. Anantarapadadvayepi eseva nayo. Purisadhorayhenāti yā asamadhurehi buddhehi vahitabbā dhurā, taṃ dhuraṃ vahanasamatthena mahāpurisena. Anuppattaṃ taṃ bhagavatāti taṃ sabbaṃ atītānāgatabuddhehi pattabbaṃ, sabbameva anuppattaṃ, bhagavato ekaguṇopi ūno natthīti dasseti. Kāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyoganti vatthukāmesu kāmasukhallikānuyogaṃ. Yathā aññe keṇiyajaṭilādayo samaṇabrāhmaṇā ‘‘ko jānāti paralokaṃ. Sukho imissā paribbājikāya mudukāya lomasāya bāhāya samphasso’’ti moḷibandhāhi paribbājikāhi paricārenti sampattaṃ sampattaṃ rūpādiārammaṇaṃ anubhavamānā kāmasukhamanuyuttā, na evamanuyuttoti dasseti.

Now, showing the virtues of the Blessed One in yet another manner, he said: "Whatever, bhante," and so forth. There, "by a faithful clansman": faithful clansmen are the bodhisattas of the past, future, and present. Therefore, what is meant is: "Whatever should be attained by an omniscient bodhisatta." But what should be attained by him? The nine transcendent dhammas. In "by one with aroused energy" and so forth, "energy, stamina," and so forth are all synonyms for energy. There, "by one with aroused energy" means by one with exerted energy. "By one of stamina" means by one endowed with stamina, with steadfast energy. "By human stamina": it means whatever should be attained through human stamina by that person endowed with stamina. The same method applies to the subsequent two phrases as well. "By human capacity to carry the yoke": by the great man who is capable of bearing that burden, the burden that must be borne by Buddhas of peerless burden. "Has been attained by the Blessed One": all of that which was to be attained by past and future Buddhas has been fully attained; he shows that not a single virtue of the Blessed One is lacking. "Devotion to sensual pleasures among sense objects": devotion to sensual pleasures among objective sensual pleasures. Just as other ascetics and brahmins, such as the matted-hair ascetic Keṇiya and others, saying, "Who knows the other world? Pleasant is the touch of the soft, hairy arm of this female wanderer!", amuse themselves with female wanderers wearing crests of hair, experiencing whatever visible forms and other sense objects present themselves, devoted to sensual pleasure—he shows that he is not devoted in this way.