PTS cs 2 PTS cs 16 The Elder said: ‘Is salt, O king, recognisable by the eye?’
‘Yes, Sir, it is.’
‘But be careful, O king.’
‘Well then, Sir, is it perceptible by the tongue?’
‘Yes, that is right.’
‘But, Sir, is it only by the tongue that every kind of salt is distinguished?’
‘Yes, every kind.’
‘If that be so, Sir, why do bullocks bring whole cart-loads of it? Is it not salt and nothing else that ought to be so brought?’
‘It is impossible to bring salt by itself. But all these conditions have run together into one, and produced the distinctive thing called salt. (For instance): salt is heavy, too. But is it possible, O king, to weigh salt?’ PTS vp En 99
‘Certainly, Sir.’
Nay, great king, it is not the salt you weigh, it is the weight.’
‘You are ready, Nāgasena, in argument.’
Here ends the questioning of Nāgasena by Milinda.
PTS vp En 1002. Nāgasenapañha
2. Nāgasenapañha
Thero āha—“loṇaṁ, mahārāja, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti. “Āma, bhante, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti. “Suṭṭhu kho, mahārāja, jānāhī”ti. “Kiṁ pana, bhante, jivhāviññeyyan”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, jivhāviññeyyan”ti. “Kiṁ pana, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānātī”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti”.
“loṇaṁ, mahārāja, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti.
“Āma, bhante, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti.
“Suṭṭhu kho, mahārāja, jānāhī”ti.
“Kiṁ pana, bhante, jivhāviññeyyan”ti?
“Āma, mahārāja, jivhāviññeyyan”ti.
“Kiṁ pana, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānātī”ti?
“Āma, mahārāja, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti”.
Thero āha—“loṇaṁ, mahārāja, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti. “Āma, bhante, cakkhuviññeyyan”ti. “Suṭṭhu kho, mahārāja, jānāhī”ti. “Kiṁ pana, bhante, jivhāviññeyyan”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, jivhāviññeyyan”ti. “Kiṁ pana, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānātī”ti? “Āma, mahārāja, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti”.
“Yadi, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti, kissa pana taṁ sakaṭehi balībaddā āharanti, nanu loṇameva āharitabban”ti? *balībaddā → balivaddā (bj); balibaddā (maku, pts-vp-pli1)“Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇameva āharituṁ ekatobhāvagatā ete dhammā gocaranānattagatā loṇaṁ garubhāvo cāti. Sakkā pana, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayitun”ti? “Āma, bhante, sakkā”ti. “Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayituṁ, garubhāvo tulāya tuliyatī”ti.
“Yadi, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti, kissa pana taṁ sakaṭehi balībaddā āharanti, nanu loṇameva āharitabban”ti? *balībaddā → balivaddā (bj); balibaddā (maku, pts-vp-pli1)
“Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇameva āharituṁ ekatobhāvagatā ete dhammā gocaranānattagatā loṇaṁ garubhāvo cāti.
Sakkā pana, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayitun”ti?
“Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayituṁ, garubhāvo tulāya tuliyatī”ti.
“Yadi, bhante, sabbaṁ loṇaṁ jivhāya vijānāti, kissa pana taṁ sakaṭehi balībaddā āharanti, nanu loṇameva āharitabban”ti? *balībaddā → balivaddā (bj); balibaddā (maku, pts-vp-pli1)“Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇameva āharituṁ ekatobhāvagatā ete dhammā gocaranānattagatā loṇaṁ garubhāvo cāti. Sakkā pana, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayitun”ti? “Āma, bhante, sakkā”ti. “Na sakkā, mahārāja, loṇaṁ tulāya tulayituṁ, garubhāvo tulāya tuliyatī”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
Nāgasenapañho dutiyo. *Nāgasenapañho → ekabhāvagatapañho (maku)
Nāgasenapañho dutiyo. *Nāgasenapañho → ekabhāvagatapañho (maku)
Nāgasenapañho dutiyo. *Nāgasenapañho → ekabhāvagatapañho (maku)