PTS cs 10 The king said: ‘Your people say there are bones even a hundred leagues long. Now there is no tree even one hundred leagues in length, how then can there be bones so long?’
‘But tell me, O king. Have you not heard of fishes in the sea five hundred leagues in length?’
‘Yes. I have heard of such.’
‘If so, could they not have bones a hundred leagues long?’
‘Very good, Nāgasena!’
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, tumhe evaṁ bhaṇatha—‘aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikānipī’ti, rukkhopi tāva natthi yojanasatiko, kuto pana aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikāni bhavissantī”ti?
Rājā āha—“bhante nāgasena, tumhe evaṁ bhaṇatha—‘aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikānipī’ti, rukkhopi tāva natthi yojanasatiko, kuto pana aṭṭhikāni dīghāni yojanasatikāni bhavissantī”ti?
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, sutaṁ te ‘mahāsamudde pañcayojanasatikāpi macchā atthī’”ti? “Āma, bhante, sutan”ti. “Nanu, mahārāja, pañcayojanasatikassa macchassa aṭṭhikāni dīghāni bhavissanti yojanasatikānipī”ti?
“Taṁ kiṁ maññasi, mahārāja, sutaṁ te ‘mahāsamudde pañcayojanasatikāpi macchā atthī’”ti? “Āma, bhante, sutan”ti. “Nanu, mahārāja, pañcayojanasatikassa macchassa aṭṭhikāni dīghāni bhavissanti yojanasatikānipī”ti?
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Dīghaṭṭhipañho dasamo.
Dīghaṭṭhipañho dasamo.