Visuddhimagga VIII-70

Aparāpi upamā –

更有一譬喻：

Ñ(VIII,70): There is another simile too.

yathā nāma piṇḍapātiko bhikkhu dvattiṃsakulaṃ gāmaṃ upanissāya vasanto paṭhamageheyeva dve bhikkhā labhitvā parato ekaṃ vissajjeyya.

譬如一乞食的比丘，住在三十二家的村落附近，他于第一家获得了二（家）分的饮食，便超越了其它的一家，

Ñ: Suppose an alms-food-eater bhikkhu went to live near a village of thirty-two families, and when he got two lots of alms at the first house he left out one [house] beyond it,

Punadivase tisso labhitvā parato dve vissajjeyya.

第二天（于第一家）获得三分，便超越了其它的两家，

Ñ: and next day, when he got three lots of [alms at the first house] he left out two [houses] beyond it,

Tatiyadivase ādimhiyeva pattapūraṃ labhitvā āsanasālaṃ gantvā paribhuñjeyya.

第三天于最初（之家）获得了满钵，便（不行乞他家）回至坐堂（住坐所）食之。

Ñ: and on the third day he got his bowl full at the first [house], and went to the sitting hall and ate—

Evaṃsampadamidaṃ daṭṭhabbaṃ.

当知这亦（与三十二分身的作意）相似。

Ñ: so it is with this.