Dighanikaya 8.381

8.381

Evaṃ me sutaṃ…pe… uruññāyaṃ viharatīti mahāsīhanādasuttaṃ. Tatrāyaṃ apubbapadavaṇṇanā. Uruññāyanti uruññāti tassa raṭṭhassapi nagarassapi etadeva nāmaṃ, bhagavā uruññānagaraṃ upanissāya viharati. Kaṇṇakatthale migadāyeti tassa nagarassa avidūre kaṇṇakatthalaṃ nāma eko ramaṇīyo bhūmibhāgo atthi. So migānaṃ abhayatthāya dinnattā ‘‘migadāyo’’ti vuccati, tasmiṃ kaṇṇakatthale migadāye. Aceloti naggaparibbājako. Kassapoti tassa nāmaṃ. Tapassinti tapanissitakaṃ. Lūkhājīvinti acelakamuttācārādivasena lūkho ājīvo assāti lūkhājīvī, taṃ lūkhājīviṃ. Upakkosatīti upaṇḍeti. Upavadatīti hīḷeti vambheti. Dhammassa ca anudhammaṃ byākarontīti bhotā gotamena vuttakāraṇassa anukāraṇaṃ kathenti. Sahadhammiko vādānuvādoti parehi vuttakāraṇena sakāraṇo hutvā tumhākaṃ vādo vā anuvādo vā viññūhi garahitabbaṃ, kāraṇaṃ koci appamattakopi kiṃ na āgacchati. Idaṃ vuttaṃ hoti, ‘‘kiṃ sabbākārenapi tava vāde gārayhaṃ kāraṇaṃ natthī’’ti. Anabbhakkhātukāmāti na abhūtena vattukāmā.

'Thus have I heard… was dwelling at Uruññā' refers to the Mahāsīhanāda Sutta. Herein, this is the explanation of novel terms. 'At Uruññā': Uruññā is the name of both the country and the city; the Blessed One dwells relying on the city of Uruññā. 'In Kaṇṇakatthala, the Deer Park': not far from that city there is a delightful tract of land named Kaṇṇakatthala. Because it was given for the safety of deer, it is called the 'Deer Park'; in that Deer Park at Kaṇṇakatthala. 'Naked ascetic' (acelo) is a naked wanderer. 'Kassapa' is his name. 'An ascetic' (tapassiṃ) means one devoted to ascetic practice. 'One living a harsh life' (lūkhājīviṃ): one whose livelihood is harsh on account of the practices of nakedness, urine-diet, and so on; him who lives a harsh life. 'Blames' (upakkosati) means mocks. 'Disparages' (upavadati) means scorns, despises. 'Explain in accordance with the Dhamma' (dhammassa ca anudhammaṃ byākaronti) means they state a valid reason corresponding to the reason spoken by the Master Gotama. 'A legitimate ground for censure' (sahadhammiko vādānuvādo) means: does not your assertion or counter-assertion, having a reason based on the reason stated by others, incur any, even slight, ground that would be censured by the wise? This is what is meant: 'Is there no blameworthy ground at all in your doctrine?' 'Not wishing to misrepresent' (anabbhakkhātukāmā) means not wishing to speak what is untrue.