Dighanikaya 29.166

29.166

Evañhetaṃ, cunda, hotīti bhagavā ānandattherena ārocitepi yasmā na ānandatthero imissā kathāya sāmiko, cundatthero pana sāmiko. Sova tassā ādimajjhapariyosānaṃ jānāti. Tasmā bhagavā tena saddhiṃ kathento ‘‘evañhetaṃ, cunda, hotī’’tiādimāha. Tassattho – cunda evañhetaṃ hoti durakkhātādisabhāve dhammavinaye sāvakā dvedhikajātā bhaṇḍanādīni katvā mukhasattīhi vitudantā viharanti.

“So it is, Cunda” [is said because,] even though it was reported by Ānanda Thera, Ānanda Thera was not the owner of this account, whereas Cunda Thera was the owner. He alone knew its beginning, middle, and end. Therefore, speaking with him, the Blessed One said, “So it is, Cunda,” and so forth. Its meaning is: Cunda, so it is—in a Dhamma and Vinaya of such a nature as being ill-proclaimed, the disciples, having become divided and engaged in quarrels and the like, dwell wounding one another with weapons of the mouth.