Dhotakamāṇavakapañhāniddesa

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Cūḷaniddesa · Vol. 30 · Section 210

[210] **"Right here, prudent and mindful" (idheva nipako sato):** "Here" (idha) means: in this view (diṭṭhi), in this acceptance (khanti), in this preference (ruci), in this adherence (ādāya), in this Dhamma, in this Discipline (Vinaya), in this Dhamma-and-Discipline, in this fundamental teaching (pāvacana), in this holy life (brahmacariya), in this Teacher's dispensation (satthusāsana), in this individual existence (attabhāva), in this human world. **"Prudent" (nipako):** prudent, a wise man (paṇḍita), possessed of wisdom, intelligent, endowed with knowledge (ñāṇī), discerning, sagacious (medhāvī). **"Mindful" (sato):** he is mindful for four reasons: he is mindful while developing the establishment of mindfulness (satipaṭṭhāna) of contemplating the body in the body … he is called "mindful." Hence: "right here, prudent and mindful." [Editorial footnotes in the Siam Raṭṭha text: ¹ The Burmese edition reads *samuṭṭhapehi*. ² This reading is absent in the Burmese edition.]

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.