Aṅguttara Nikāya Tatiyavagga 328

[Amatabhani]

@lovegood

Why do we need to add things and kinda forcefully push the original text in this or that direction just so that it complies to interpretations coming from later commentary?

You added this part latter.
Actually in this case not adding things to explain would be better.
There are some cases direct translation makes it harder to understand the context.
EX:

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