5.
The Discourse on the Worthy One
25.
"Whoever is a monk, a Worthy One, one who has done what had to be done,
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would he say 'I speak,'
Would he say 'they speak to me'?"
"Whoever is a monk, a Worthy One, one who has done what had to be done,
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would he say 'I speak,'
He would say 'they speak to me';
Having understood the common usage in the world, being skilled,
He would express himself merely by conventional expression."
"Whoever is a monk, a Worthy One, one who has done what had to be done,
One who has eliminated the mental corruptions, bearing his final body;
Would that monk, having approached conceit,
Say 'I speak';
Would he say 'they speak to me'?"
"For one who has abandoned conceit there are no mental knots,
All mental knots of conceit are scattered;
That wise one has transcended conceiving,
He would say 'I speak.'
"He would say 'they speak to me';
Having understood the common usage in the world, being skilled;
He would express himself merely by conventional expression."