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"Ahogaṅga mountain" a mountain of that name. "By Dhamma, by Vinaya, by the Teacher's Dispensation" here, "Dhamma" is the factual matter. "Vinaya" is admonition and reminding. "Teacher's Dispensation" is the completeness of the motion and the completeness of the announcement. Therefore, it is said, "even when being disciplined by way of the ukkhepanīya and other acts, by the factual matter, by admonishing and reminding, and by the completeness of the motion and the completeness of the announcement." "Tumor" in the sense of stealing, "stain" in the sense of making dirty, "thorn" in the sense of piercing. "They attend upon fire" like fire-worshippers, they worship fire. "They practice penance in the five fires" making fires in four places and standing in the middle, s They suffer from the heat of the sun. They revolve following the sun, meaning from the time of rising, looking at the sun, until its setting, they revolve facing the sun. "We will destroy them," they took up, meaning they made an effort to destroy. Unable, meaning incapable. "Accept the kingship for seven days," meaning for seven days, experience the joy of kingship. "He made him understand that matter," meaning he informed him of the matter about which he felt remorse. "How did he make him understand?" it is said, "He, it seems," and so on. "According to his mind," meaning according to his wishes, it is said, as he pleased. "Why?" meaning for what reason. "You, indeed, have a limited death," meaning a death limited to seven days. "Confident," meaning with a fearless mind, free from the fear of death, it is said, without fear. "Looking at death bound to inhalation and exhalation," meaning, "Oh, if only I could live for the interval between breathing in and breathing out, or breathing out and breathing in, I would keep the Buddha's teaching in mind, much good would have been done by me." Thus, by diligently practicing mindfulness of death, they look at death bound to the time of the occurrence of inhalation and exhalation. Here, "inhalation" is the outward-moving nasal breath. "Exhalation" is the inward-moving breath. Some speak of the reverse order. "Having gone out for hunting," meaning having gone out to kill animals, thinking, "I will search for animals in the forest." Here, "migava" (hunting) is a designation given to hunting because of the animals' roaming, roaring, and suffering. "Yonaka Mahādhammarakkhita Thera," meaning the great elder named Dhammarakkhita, who was born in the Yonaka country and came here to ordain. "By a great elephant," meaning by a large elephant. Indeed, they say the word "nāga" is also a term for greatness. Or, it is said "by a great elephant" to distinguish it from a snake-nāga and so on. "His intention," meaning his inner thought. "While he was watching," this is the genitive case of disrespect, the meaning is "while he was watching." "Having flown into the sky," here, this is not a transformation power, meaning he showed this miraculous power even to a layperson. i. For this power, which comes as “abandoning its natural form, it shows the form of a youth or the form of a nāga, it shows various battle arrays,” is called the power of transformation, because it proceeds by way of altering and abandoning the natural form. But there is no rejection of the power of determination. And so it will be said in the commentary on the section of minor matters: “Here, the power of transformation is rejected, but the power of determination is to be understood as not rejected.” Having attached: having spread out the waistband in the air, and having attached the robe to it. Festival attire: attire that generates joy, meaning, festive attire. They prepared: thinking, “It is difficult to search for robes, etc., when the time comes,” they prepared bowls and robes in advance. Principal dwelling: a secluded dwelling place suitable for the exertion of effort by way of devotion to meditation. He also: said with reference to the king’s nephew. He went forth after: he went forth, accompanied by the noble people of great wealth. Having gone: having gone by power. Of good intention: of pleasant disposition. Having become perplexed: having become doubtful, thinking, “These monks do not speak with one voice.” Accompanied by a thousand monks each: and a retinue of monks limited to a thousand for each. Even when it was said, “Go and fetch them,” the elders, thinking it was a “dhamma-act,” went, because it was said, “He is capable of upholding the Dispensation.” Indeed, in such situations, no remorse should be felt. For this is a proper instruction, not connected with lay activities. The elder did not come: even though it is proper to come for a dhamma-act when it is said, “The king summons,” yet he did not come, it is said, even when sent for twice. For the elder, due to the arising of respect by being renowned everywhere, and due to the accomplishment of what needs to be done by one who is respected, did not come due to a trace of unsuitable speech. Is the elder old, sir? Although the king had seen the elder before, his name, however, Unable to discern, he asked thus, they say. Vayhanti, they say, is a special kind of cart, covered above like a pavilion, with a roof of planks, or completely covered with cloth. In "binding the boat-raft," nāvā means a ship. It is called a ship (poto) because it crosses from this shore to that, and a boat (nāvā) because it carries beings. A boat joined together is a boat-raft, and so, binding it, is the meaning. Because there were many enemies of the Dispensation, he said, "having arranged protection." Yanti means "since," or "for what reason." "One who does not do evil is a nāga," (Cūḷavagga, Mettagūmāṇavapucchāniddesa 27) according to this saying, believing that a recluse is called a nāga here because of the absence of doing evil, they declared, "One recluse-nāga, O great king, will take him by the right hand." Abbāhiṃsūti means they pulled out. "The king's taking by the hand was as if done playfully, why?" and so on, they say, such a question was asked. Bāhirato means outside the park. To those watching, it appeared extremely difficult, so he said, "shaking a portion of the earth is difficult." In the case of an adhiṭṭhāna (resolution), there is no separate difficulty here. Akkamitvā sīmaṃ means having entered the inner boundary, within the boundary. Abhiññāpādakaṃ means the basis for supernormal knowledge. He resolved to shake the earth, because it is not prohibited by the power of transformation. "Only the wheel moved, while standing within the boundary of the chariot," here, "pādo" refers to the chariot wheel. For it is like a foot in accomplishing the chariot's movement, thus it is called "pādo" here. Sakkhatīti means it will be able. Etamatthanti means the meaning that evil is impossible without intention. In "cetanāhanti," the word division should be "cetanaṃ ahaṃ." Cetayitvāti means having aroused intention. Dīpakatittiro means a partridge so named because it reveals its own sitting position. A fowler takes it to a forest and catches partridges that come by its sound. He asked the ascetic, they say, in the past, in one... In a village on the border, a fowler caught a decoy partridge, trained it well, put it in a cage, and cared for it. He would take it to the forest and catch partridges that came at its call. The partridge thought: "Because of me, many of my relatives perish. This is evil for me." And it became silent. The fowler, knowing its silence, hit it on the head with a bamboo stick. The partridge, afflicted with pain, made a sound. Thus, the fowler, by means of it, caught partridges and made a living. Then the partridge thought: "I have no intention for these to die, but dependent action affects me. If I do not make a sound, they do not come. If I do make a sound, they do come. This man catches those who come and brings them to their death. Is there evil for me in this, or is there not?" From then on, it went about seeking a wise person who could resolve this doubt for it. Then one day, the fowler, having caught many partridges, filled his basket, and thinking, "I will drink water," went to the hermitage of the Bodhisatta, who had renounced the world as an ascetic, developed jhanas and supernormal powers, and lived in the forest. He placed the cage near the Bodhisatta, drank water, lay down on the sandy ground, and fell asleep. The partridge, knowing he was asleep, thought: "I will ask this ascetic my doubt. If he knows, he will tell me." Sitting in the cage, it asked the ascetic: "Our kinsman is sitting, many people come; Dependent action affects me, my mind is doubtful in that regard." The meaning of this is: "Venerable sir, if I did not make a sound, these partridges would not come. But when I make a sound, thinking 'Our kinsman is sitting,' these many people come. This hunter catches those who come and brings them to their death. Dependent on me, by means of me, this act of taking life affects me, is obtained, is found." because of this evil deed done by me, ‘‘Is this evil mine?’’ thus my mind doubts, it is greatly doubtful, it falls into remorse. But the meaning of the verse spoken by the ascetic, beginning with ‘‘Action does not touch,’’ is this: If your mind is not corrupted by evil action, if it is not inclined or disposed to it, then even an evil deed done by a hunter because of you does not touch you, it does not cling to you. For if you are indifferent to evil action, unattached, virtuous, pure, and there is no intention of taking life on your part, that evil does not stain you, your mind does not cling. ‘‘Made him grasp the doctrine’’ means made him grasp the doctrine of the Perfectly Enlightened One. In ‘‘having a cloth screen erected around,’’ ‘‘cloth screen’’ is a word indicating the instrument, meaning, having a cloth screen erected all around so that those monks would not see him and the elder. Or, the meaning here should be taken as