Gosāla

I’ll eat honey and milk-ricein Veḷugumba.And then, dexterously probing*According to the commentary, padakkhiṇaṁ is to be taken adverbially. The sense metaphorically reinforces the rare verb sammasanto: dakkh is “right handed, dextrous”, mas is “stroke, probe”.the rise and fall of the aggregates,I’ll return to my forest hilland foster seclusion.

“Ahaṁ kho veḷugumbasmiṁ, bhutvāna madhupāyasaṁ; Padakkhiṇaṁ sammasanto, khandhānaṁ udayabbayaṁ; Sānuṁ paṭigamissāmi, vivekamanubrūhayan”ti.

I’ll eat honey and milk-rice“Ahaṁ kho veḷugumbasmiṁ, in Veḷugumba.bhutvāna madhupāyasaṁ; And then, dexterously probing*According to the commentary, padakkhiṇaṁ is to be taken adverbially. The sense metaphorically reinforces the rare verb sammasanto: dakkh is “right handed, dextrous”, mas is “stroke, probe”.Padakkhiṇaṁ sammasanto, the rise and fall of the aggregates,khandhānaṁ udayabbayaṁ; I’ll return to my forest hillSānuṁ paṭigamissāmi, and foster seclusion.vivekamanubrūhayan”ti.