Dighanikaya 33.340

33.340

Iti aṭṭhakavasena sāmaggirasaṃ dassetvā idāni navakavasena dassetuṃ puna desanaṃ ārabhi. Tattha āghātavatthūnīti āghātakāraṇāni. Āghātaṃ bandhatīti kopaṃ bandhati karoti uppādeti.

Having thus demonstrated the essence of harmony by way of the groups of eight, he began the teaching again in order to demonstrate it now by way of the groups of nine. Therein, ‘grounds for resentment’ (āghātavatthūni) means reasons for resentment. ‘Harbors resentment’ (āghātaṃ bandhati) means he ties up, creates, produces anger.