Dighanikaya 28.163

28.163

Abhikkhaṇaṃ bhāseyyāsīti punappunaṃ bhāseyyāsi. Pubbaṇhasamaye me kathitanti mā majjhanhikādīsu na kathayittha. Ajja vā me kathitanti mā paradivasādīsu na kathayitthāti attho. Pavedesīti kathesi. Imassa veyyākaraṇassāti niggāthakattā idaṃ suttaṃ ‘‘veyyākaraṇa’’nti vuttaṃ. Adhivacananti nāmaṃ. Idaṃ pana ‘‘iti hida’’nti paṭṭhāya padaṃ saṅgītikārehi ṭhapitaṃ. Sesaṃ sabbattha uttānatthamevāti.

“You should speak frequently” means you should speak again and again. “I spoke in the morning” [means] do not fail to speak at midday and so on. “Or I spoke today” means do not fail to speak on subsequent days and so forth; this is the meaning. “He made known” means he spoke. “Of this exposition”: because it is without verses, this discourse is called an “exposition.” “Designation” means name. But this phrase beginning with “For thus” was established by the council reciters. The rest has an obvious meaning everywhere.