From: Bhikkhu Bodhi
Message: 4493
Date: 2015-11-29
Tattha aparanti gāthābandhavacanaṃ sandhāya vuccati. Taṃ duvidhaṃ hoti – pacchā āgataparisaṃ assavanasussavanaādhāraṇadaḷhīkaraṇādīni vā sandhāya tadatthadīpakameva ca. Pubbe kenaci kāraṇena parihāpitassa atthassa dīpanena atthavisesadīpakañca ‘‘purisassa hi jātassa, kuṭhārī jāyate mukhe’’ tiādīsu (su. ni. 662) viya. Idha pana tadatthadīpakameva.
Here, the word “further” (aparaṃ) is used with reference to the statement that connects the verse [to the prose]. That is done in two ways: (1) With reference to an assembly that has arrived late, as the confirmation and reinforcement, etc., of what has not been heard and what has been well heard, and (2) as illustrating its meaning. And “illustrating a particular meaning” [is achieved] by illustration of a meaning that for some reason has previously been omitted, as in the case of the verse, “When a person has taken birth an axe is born inside his mouth” and so forth (Sn 657).
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