Dighanikaya 8.385_2

8.385_2

Idāni tamatthaṃ yojetvā dassento – ‘‘ye imesaṃ bhavata’’ntiādimāha. Tattha akusalā akusalasaṅkhātāti akusalā ceva ‘‘akusalā’’ti ca saṅkhātā ñātā koṭṭhāsaṃ vā katvā ṭhapitāti attho. Esa nayo sabbapadesu. Api cettha sāvajjāti sadosā. Na alamariyāti niddosaṭṭhena ariyā bhavituṃ nālaṃ asamatthā.

Now, showing that meaning by construing it, he said: ‘Those which of these venerable ones,’ and so on. There, “unwholesome, reckoned as unwholesome” means unwholesome and reckoned—known—as ‘unwholesome,’ or the meaning is: designated by grouping together. This is the method in all phrases. Furthermore, in this context, “reprehensible” means blameworthy. “Not noble enough” means: by being free of fault they are not suitable, not capable, of being noble.