[164] **"That, O Muni, please explain well to me" (tam me munī sādhu vyākarohi):** *That* (taṃ) — that which I ask, that which I beg, that which I request, that which I ask you graciously to grant. *Muni:* knowledge (ñāṇa) is called sagehood (mona) — that is, the wisdom which is understanding, comprehension … non-delusion, investigation of dhammas, right view. The Blessed One, being endowed with that knowledge, is a muni, one who has attained sagehood. There are three kinds of sagacity (moneyya): sagacity of body, sagacity of speech, and sagacity of mind.
What is sagacity of body? The abandoning of the three kinds of bodily misconduct is sagacity of body; the threefold good bodily conduct is sagacity of body; knowledge with the body as its object is sagacity of body; full understanding of the body is sagacity of body; the path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of body; the abandoning of desire and lust for the body is sagacity of body; the cessation of the bodily formation — the attainment of the fourth jhāna — is sagacity of body. This is sagacity of body.
What is sagacity of speech? The abandoning of the four kinds of verbal misconduct is sagacity of speech; the fourfold good verbal conduct is sagacity of speech; knowledge with speech as its object is sagacity of speech; full understanding of speech is sagacity of speech; the path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of speech; the abandoning of desire and lust for speech is sagacity of speech; the cessation of the verbal formation — the attainment of the second jhāna — is sagacity of speech. This is sagacity of speech.
What is sagacity of mind? The abandoning of the three kinds of mental misconduct is sagacity of mind; the threefold good mental conduct is sagacity of mind; knowledge with the mind (citta) as its object is sagacity of mind; full understanding of the mind is sagacity of mind; the path accompanied by full understanding is sagacity of mind; the abandoning of desire and lust for the mind is sagacity of mind; the cessation of the mental formation — the attainment of the cessation of perception and feeling — is sagacity of mind. This is sagacity of mind.
A sage in body, a sage in speech,
a sage in mind, without taints (āsava) —
the muni endowed with sagacity, they say,
is one who has abandoned all.
A sage in body, a sage in speech,
a sage in mind, without taints —
the muni endowed with sagacity, they say,
is one whose evil has been washed away.
Those endowed with these qualities of sagacity are munis of six kinds: house-dwelling munis, homeless munis, munis who are trainees, munis beyond training, pacceka-munis, and munis among munis. Which are the house-dwelling munis? Those householders who have seen the state and understood the teaching — these are the house-dwelling munis. Which are the homeless munis? Those gone forth who have seen the state and understood the teaching — these are the homeless munis. The seven trainees are the munis who are trainees. Arahants are the munis beyond training. Paccekasambuddhas are the pacceka-munis. Tathāgatas, Arahants, Perfectly Enlightened Ones are the munis among munis.
Not by silence does one become a muni,
if one is deluded and unknowing;
but the wise one who, as if holding up a scale,
takes up what is best
and avoids evils —
he is a muni; thereby he is a muni.
One who understands both worlds
is thereby called a muni.
Having known the dhamma of the bad and of the good,
both inwardly and outwardly, in all the world,
honored by devas and humans —
he who has passed beyond the net of ties is a muni.
**"Please explain well" (sādhu vyākarohi):** declare well, teach, make known, establish, disclose, analyze, make plain, elucidate — thus: "That, O Muni, please explain well to me."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.