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14. Vicāralakkhaṇapañha

Distinguishing Characteristic of Examination Question

“Bhante nāgasena, kiṁlakkhaṇo vicāro”ti?
“Venerable Nāgasena, what is the distinguishing characteristic of examination?”

“Anumajjanalakkhaṇo, mahārāja, vicāro”ti.
“Continuity, your majesty, is the distinguishing characteristic of examination.”

“Opammaṁ karohī”ti.
“Please give me an analogy.”

“Yathā, mahārāja, kaṁsathālaṁ ākoṭitaṁ pacchā anuravati anusandahati, yathā, mahārāja, ākoṭanā, evaṁ vitakko daṭṭhabbo.
“Just as, your majesty, a bronze bowl which has been struck resounds afterwards, and lingers on, applied thought is to be seen as striking,

Yathā anuravanā, evaṁ vicāro daṭṭhabbo”ti.
examination is to be seen as resounding.”

“Kallosi, bhante nāgasenā”ti.
“You are clever, venerable Nāgasena.”

Vicāralakkhaṇapañho cuddasamo.
Distinguishing Characteristic of Examination Question fourteenth

Vicāravaggo tatiyo.
Examination Chapter third

Imasmiṁ vagge cuddasa pañhā.
In this chapter, fourteen questions