Mettagūmāṇavakapañhāniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Cūḷaniddesa · Vol. 30 · Section 191

[191] **"Those whom you, O Muni, would constantly instruct (ye tvaṃ munī aṭṭhitaṃ ovadeyya)":** **"Those (ye)"** means khattiyas, brahmins (brāhmaṇa), vessas, suddas, householders, those gone forth (pabbajita), devas, and humans. **"You (tvaṃ)":** he addresses the Blessed One. **"Muni":** knowledge (ñāṇa) is called sagacity (mona) … having passed beyond attachment (saṅga) and the net (jāla), he is a muni. **"Would constantly instruct (aṭṭhitaṃ ovadeyya)"** means: he would instruct with care, would instruct continually, would instruct and admonish again and again. Hence, "those whom you, O Muni, would constantly instruct."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.