Dighanikaya 4.304_14

4.304_14

Apāpapurekkhāroti apāpe nava lokuttaradhamme purato katvā vicarati. Brahmaññāya pajāyāti sāriputtamoggallānamahākassapādibhedāya brāhmaṇapajāya, etissāya ca pajāya purekkhāro. Ayañhi pajā samaṇaṃ gotamaṃ purakkhatvā caratīti attho. Api ca apāpapurekkhāroti na pāpaṃ purekkhāro na pāpaṃ purato katvā carati, na pāpaṃ icchatīti attho. Kassa? Brahmaññāya pajāya. Attanā saddhiṃ paṭiviruddhāyapi brāhmaṇapajāya aviruddho hitasukhatthiko yevāti vuttaṃ hoti.

“Honoring the non-evil”: he wanders having placed the non-evil nine transcendent Dhammas at the fore. “For the holy generation”: for the generation of brahmins consisting of Sāriputta, Moggallāna, Mahākassapa, and others; and he is held in honor by this generation. For the meaning is: this generation wanders placing the ascetic Gotama at the fore. Furthermore, “honoring the non-evil” means: evil is not put at the fore, he does not wander placing evil at the fore, meaning he does not desire evil. For whom? For the holy generation. Even for the generation of brahmins opposed to him, he is unopposed, desiring only their welfare and happiness—this is what is said.