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7. Purity in Speech
103 26) ... should speak as follows. 31. “Those trees are a noble sight to the eye, of high growth [or] round shape and covering much ground, they have [many] branches [or] big branches." 32. Furthermore, he should not say that [their] fruits are ripe and might be cooked and eaten, (nor) that it is time to collect them, [or] that they can be cut into pieces. 33. He should say that [e. g.) these mango-trees cannot stand [any longer] to bear their many fruits, or that their fruits are fully developed, [or] that they are fully grown, or that they have developed their proper shape. 34. Furthermore, he should not say that vegetables are ripe, their skin has become dark, they are fit to be fried, roasted, or eaten half-ripe. 35. [But] he should say that they are grown up, fully grown, strong, have overcome [all dangers], are run to seed, have thrown out their seeds, [or] are full of sap. 36. Furthermore, when he knows that there is [or, will be]. a festive entertainment, he should not say that a religious ceremony is to be performed, (nor should he call) a thief guilty [of the theft], (nor should be mention) that there are famous places of pilgrimage at facertain] river. 37. He should call a festive entertainment by just this name and a thief, a man who is in want of a certain object] to be had for money, and he should say [not more than] that the places of pilgrimage are [of] equal [sanctity] at all rivers. 38. Of rivers which are full of water, he should not say that they can be crossed by wading through [or] in a boat, [or - contemptously-] that their water might be drunk up by any [small] animal. 39. A thoughtful [monk] should say that [a river) is very full, very deep, has a big head of water, [and] that its waters have spread widely. 40. When [a monk] observes any bad act done or being done in the interest of another person, he should not call it (by that name), 41. [but] should avoid a bad act [on his side and not call it] well done, (or the result] well cooked, well cut, well taken, (well] killed, well performed, [or] pleasant. 42. That which has been cooked or cut, he should design as cooked or cut with [much] labour, that which owes its condition to ornaments he should design as made pleasing [to the eye) with much labour, or that which has been done with vigour he should design as having been .executed with strong blows. 43. He should not say that [a -
