mn35:23.1 Knowing this, the Licchavi Dummukha said to the Buddha,
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mn35:23.2 “A simile strikes me, Blessed One.”
mn35:23.3 “Then speak as you feel inspired,” said the Buddha.
mn35:23.4 “Sir, suppose there was a lotus pond not far from a town or village,
mn35:23.5 and a crab lived there.
mn35:23.6 Then several boys or girls would leave the town or village and go to the pond, where they’d pull out the crab and put it on solid ground.
mn35:23.7 Whenever that crab extended a claw, those boys or girls would snap, crack, and break it off with a stick or a stone.
mn35:23.8 And when that crab’s claws had all been snapped, cracked, and broken off it wouldn’t be able to return down into that lotus pond.
mn35:23.9 In the same way, sir, the Buddha has snapped, cracked, and broken off all Saccaka’s twists, ducks, and dodges.
mn35:23.10 Now he can’t get near the Buddha again looking for a debate.”