Dighanikaya 4.304_11

4.304_11

Catupārisuddhisīlena sīlavā, taṃ pana sīlaṃ ariyaṃ uttamaṃ parisuddhaṃ. Tenāha – ‘‘ariyasīlī’’ti. Tadetaṃ anavajjaṭṭhena kusalaṃ. Tenāha – ‘‘kusalasīlī’’ti. Kusalasīlenāti idamassa vevacanaṃ.

Virtuous with the fourfold purification of morality: but that morality is noble, supreme, and completely purified. Hence it is said: “of noble morality.” This very [morality] is wholesome in the sense of being blameless. Hence it is said: “of wholesome morality.” “By wholesome morality” is a synonym for this.