Re: Bāhusaccamahattaṃ

Dear Petra,

I would like to thank you very much for your very accurate translation which now helps me to make sense of and clarify the expression rasena rasaṃ saṃsanditvā, especially when I put in perspective with the commentary to pāci. 418, as was kindly suggested by a member of this group:

tatrāyaṃ bhikkhu bahussuto dhammakathiko sesantarāyike jānāti, vinaye pana akovidattā paṇṇattivītikkamantarāyike na jānāti, tasmā rahogato evaṃ cintesi — “ime āgārikā pañca kāmaguṇe paribhuñjantā sotāpannāpi sakadāgāminopi anāgāminopi honti, bhikkhūpi manāpikāni cakkhuviññeyyāni rūpāni passanti ... pe ... kāyaviññeyye phoṭṭhabbe phusanti, mudukāni attharaṇapāvuraṇādīni paribhuñjanti, etaṃ sabbaṃ vaṭṭati. kasmā itthirūpā ... pe ... itthiphoṭṭhabbā eva na vaṭṭanti, etepi vaṭṭantī”ti. evaṃ rasena rasaṃ saṃsanditvā sacchandarāgaparibhogañca nicchandarāgaparibhogañca ekaṃ katvā thūlavākehi saddhiṃ atisukhumasuttaṃ ghaṭento viya sāsapena saddhiṃ sineruṃ upasaṃharanto viya pāpakaṃ diṭṭhigataṃ uppādetvā “kiṃ bhagavatā mahāsamuddaṃ bandhantena viya mahatā ussāhena paṭhamapārājikaṃ paññattaṃ, natthi ettha doso”ti sabbaññutaññāṇena saddhiṃ paṭivirujjhanto bhabbapuggalānaṃ āsaṃ chindanto jinassa āṇācakke pahāramadāsi. tenāha — “tathāhaṃ bhagavatā dhammaṃ desitaṃ ājānāmī”tiādi.

Best wishes,

Florent