[586] "As a bird (dija), having left a small wood, might dwell in a forest abounding in fruit (dijo yathā kubbanakaṃ pahāya bahupphalaṃ kānanaṃ āvaseyya)":
"Dija" (twice-born) is a designation for a bird (pakkhī). For what reason is a bird called "dija"? A bird is born twice: from the mother's womb and from the eggshell; for that reason a bird is called "dija." Thus, "dija" (a bird).
"As, having left a small wood (yathā kubbanakaṃ pahāya)": just as a bird, having left, abandoned, passed beyond, and gone past a small wood — a barren wood, with little food and little water — might reach, find, and obtain another great forest, a forest grove, abounding in fruit, abounding in food, abounding in trees, and might make its dwelling in that forest grove; thus, "as a bird, having left a small wood, might dwell in a forest abounding in fruit."
[Apparatus printed with the source page, pertaining to the preceding passage: 1. M (Myanmar ed.): saccavhayo sadisanāmo sadisavhayo. 2. M: te. 3. M: sadisavhayā. 4. M: bhagavāpi. 5. M: sadisavhayoti. 6. M: evamahaṃ. 7. M: haṃsoriva ajjhapatto; so too below.]
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.