PTS cs 18 ‘Venerable Nāgasena, that one quality of the bow which you say he ought to have, which is it?’
‘Just, O king, as a well-made and balanced bow bends equally from end to end, and does not resist stiffly, like a post; just so, O king, should the strenuous Bhikshu, earnest in effort, bend easily in accord with all his brethren—whether elders, juniors, of medium seniority, or of like standing with himself—and not repel them. This, O king, is the one quality of the bow he ought to have. For it was said, O king, by the Blessed One, the god over all gods, in the Vidhura Puṇṇaka Jātaka:
“Let the wise bend as the bow, yield as the reed,
Not be contrary. He shall dwell in the home of kings.”’
8. Cāpaṅgapañha
8. Cāpaṅgapañha
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, cāpo sutacchito namito yāvaggamūlaṁ samakameva anunamati nappaṭitthambhati; *namito → mito (bj, maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena theranavamajjhimasamakesu anunamitabbaṁ nappaṭipharitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena vidhura (puṇṇaka) jātake—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti?
“Yathā, mahārāja, cāpo sutacchito namito yāvaggamūlaṁ samakameva anunamati nappaṭitthambhati; *namito → mito (bj, maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)
evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena theranavamajjhimasamakesu anunamitabbaṁ nappaṭipharitabbaṁ.
Idaṁ, mahārāja, cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ.
Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena vidhura (puṇṇaka) jātake—
“Bhante nāgasena, ‘cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban’ti yaṁ vadesi, katamaṁ taṁ ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabban”ti? “Yathā, mahārāja, cāpo sutacchito namito yāvaggamūlaṁ samakameva anunamati nappaṭitthambhati; *namito → mito (bj, maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)evameva kho, mahārāja, yoginā yogāvacarena theranavamajjhimasamakesu anunamitabbaṁ nappaṭipharitabbaṁ. Idaṁ, mahārāja, cāpassa ekaṁ aṅgaṁ gahetabbaṁ. Bhāsitampetaṁ, mahārāja, bhagavatā devātidevena vidhura (puṇṇaka) jātake—
‘Cāpovūnudaro dhīro, vaṁso vāpi pakampaye; *vaṁso vāpi pakampaye → vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (bj); vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)Paṭilomaṁ na vatteyya, sa rājavasatiṁ vase’”ti.
vaṁso vāpi pakampaye; *vaṁso vāpi pakampaye → vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (bj); vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)
‘Cāpovūnudaro dhīro, vaṁso vāpi pakampaye; *vaṁso vāpi pakampaye → vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (bj); vaṁsova anulomayaṁ (maku, pts-vp-pli1, mr)Paṭilomaṁ na vatteyya, sa rājavasatiṁ vase’”ti.
Cāpaṅgapañho aṭṭhamo.
Cāpaṅgapañho aṭṭhamo.