Dighanikaya 4.300

4.300

Evaṃ me sutaṃ…pe… aṅgesūti soṇadaṇḍasuttaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ apubbapadavaṇṇanā. Aṅgesūti aṅgā nāma aṅgapāsādikatāya evaṃ laddhavohārā jānapadino rājakumārā, tesaṃ nivāso ekopi janapado rūḷhisaddena aṅgāti vuccati, tasmiṃ aṅgesu janapade. Cārikanti idhāpi aturitacārikā ceva nibaddhacārikā ca adhippetā. Tadā kira bhagavato dasasahassilokadhātuṃ olokentassa soṇadaṇḍo brāhmaṇo ñāṇajālassa anto paññāyittha. Atha bhagavā ayaṃ brāhmaṇo mayhaṃ ñāṇajāle paññāyati. ‘Atthi nu khvassupanissayo’ti vīmaṃsanto addasa. ‘Mayi tattha gate etassa antevāsino dvādasahākārehi brāhmaṇassa vaṇṇaṃ bhāsitvā mama santike āgantuṃ na dassanti. So pana tesaṃ vādaṃ bhinditvā ekūnatiṃsa ākārehi mama vaṇṇaṃ bhāsitvā maṃ upasaṅkamitvā pañhaṃ pucchissati. So pañhavissajjanapariyosāne saraṇaṃ gamissatī’ti, disvā pañcasatabhikkhuparivāro taṃ janapadaṃ paṭipanno. Tena vuttaṃ – aṅgesu cārikaṃ caramāno…pe… yena campā tadavasarīti.

"Thus have I heard… and so forth… among the Aṅgas": this is the Soṇadaṇḍa Sutta. Herein, this is the explanation of novel terms. "Among the Aṅgas": 'Aṅgas' are royal princes belonging to the country who have received this designation because of their pleasing limbs. Even a single country that is their residence is called 'Aṅga' by conventional usage; in that country, "among the Aṅgas". "A tour": here too an unhurried tour and a continuous tour are intended. At that time, it is said, as the Blessed One surveyed the ten-thousandfold world system, the brahmin Soṇadaṇḍa appeared within the net of his knowledge. Then the Blessed One reflected: 'This brahmin appears in the net of my knowledge. Does he indeed have the supporting conditions?' While investigating, he saw: 'When I go there, his disciples will speak of the brahmin's virtues in twelve ways and will not allow him to come into my presence. But he will shatter their argument, speak of my virtues in twenty-nine ways, approach me, and ask a question. At the conclusion of the question's explanation, he will go for refuge.' Having seen this, he set out for that country accompanied by an entourage of five hundred monks. Therefore it is said: "wandering on a tour among the Aṅgas… and so forth… arrived at Campā."