Māgandiyasuttanidadesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Mahāniddesa · Vol. 29 · Section 333

[333] **How, indeed, has that been proclaimed by the wise?** — "How, indeed (kathaṃ nu)": this is a question out of doubt, a question out of perplexity, a two-fold question, a question admitting more than one alternative — "Is it thus, indeed? Is it not thus, indeed? What is it, indeed? How is it, indeed?" — thus, "how, indeed." **By the wise (dhīrehi)**: [⁴] by the learned, by those possessed of wisdom, by the intelligent, by those endowed with knowledge (ñāṇa), by the discerning, by the sagacious. **Proclaimed (paveditaṃ)**: known, proclaimed, told, taught, made known, established, disclosed, analyzed, made plain, revealed — thus, "how, indeed, has that been proclaimed by the wise?" Therefore the Blessed One said: > "Whatever determinations have been mentally constructed" (thus said Māgandiya), > "of those, truly, you, a sage, speak without grasping. > As to this matter, 'inner peace' — > how, indeed, has that been proclaimed by the wise?" [Variant readings noted in the Siam Raṭṭha edition: ¹ Burmese and European editions: *diṭṭhivinicchayā*. ² Burmese: *paññatti*. ³ Burmese: *ca bhaṇasi*. ⁴ Burmese: *dhīrehi*.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.