Dighanikaya 3.277

3.277

Janetasminti janitasmiṃ, pajāyāti attho. Ye gottapaṭisārinoti ye janetasmiṃ gottaṃ paṭisaranti – ‘‘ahaṃ gotamo, ahaṃ kassapo’’ti, tesu loke gottapaṭisārīsu khattiyo seṭṭho. Anumatā mayāti mama sabbaññutaññāṇena saddhiṃ saṃsanditvā desitā mayā anuññātā.

‘In this generation’ (janetasmiṃ) means among those who have been generated, that is to say, among the creatures. ‘Who trace their lineage’ (ye gottapaṭisārino) means those who in this generation trace their clan: ‘I am a Gotama, I am a Kassapa’; among those who trace their clan in the world, the noble (khattiya) is the best. ‘Approved by me’ (anumatā mayā) means: having harmonised it with my omniscient knowledge, taught by me, it is endorsed by me.