dn2:30.1 And so, when I asked the Jain Ñātika about the fruits of the ascetic life apparent in the present life, he answered with the fourfold constraint.
dn2:30.2 It was like someone who, when asked about a mango, answered with a breadfruit, or when asked about a breadfruit, answered with a mango.
dn2:30.4 I thought:
dn2:30.5 ‘How on earth could one such as I presume to rebuke an ascetic or brahmin living in my realm?’
dn2:30.6 So I neither approved nor rejected that statement of the Jain Ñātika.
dn2:30.7 I was displeased, but did not express my displeasure. Neither accepting what he said nor contradicting it, I rose from my seat and left.



