“Today is the fifteenth, the uposatha,”
(said the yakkha Sātāgira);
“a celestial night has arrived.
Come, let us see Gotama,
the teacher of perfect name.” (1)
“Is the mind of the impartial one,”
(said the yakkha Hemavata),
“well disposed toward all beings?
Has he mastered his intentions
toward the desirable and undesirable?” (2)
“The mind of the impartial one,”
(said the yakkha Sātāgira),
“is well disposed toward all beings.
He has mastered his intentions
toward the desirable and undesirable.” (3)
“Does he avoid taking what has not been given?”
(said the yakkha Hemavata).
“Is he self-controlled in regard to living beings?
Does he keep far from heedlessness?
Is he not devoid of jhāna?” (4)
“He does not take what has not been given,”(said the yakkha Sātāgira),
“and is self-controlled in regard to living beings.
He also keeps far from heedlessness.
The Buddha is not devoid of jhāna.” (5)
“Does he avoid speaking falsely?”
(said the yakkha Hemavata). [28]
“Is his way of speaking not rough?
Does he not say anything destructive?
Does he not speak idle chatter?” (6)
“He does not speak falsely,”
(said the yakkha Sātāgira),
“and his way of speaking is not rough.
He does not say what is destructive.
With reflection, he speaks what is meaningful.” (7)
“Does he have no lust for sensual pleasures?”
(said the yakkha Hemavata).
“Is his mind unsullied?
Has he overcome delusion?
Does he have the vision of phenomena?” (8)
“He has no lust for sensual pleasures,”
(said the yakkha Sātāgira),
“and his mind is unsullied.
He has overcome all delusion;
the Buddha has the vision of phenomena.” (9)
“Is he endowed with clear knowledge?”
(said the yakkha Hemavata).
“Is he also pure in conduct?
Have the influxes been destroyed by him?
Is there for him no renewed existence?” (10) [29]
“He is endowed with clear knowledge,”
(said the yakkha Sātāgira).
“He is also pure in conduct.
All the influxes have been destroyed by him;
for him there is no renewed existence.” (11)
3A.90 “The muni’s mind is accomplished
with respect to action and way of speech.
In accordance with the Dhamma you praise him,
one accomplished in clear knowledge and
conduct.”91 (11A)
“The muni’s mind is accomplished
with respect to action and way of speech.
In accordance with the Dhamma you rejoice over
one accomplished in clear knowledge and
conduct. (11B)
“The muni’s mind is accomplished
with respect to action and way of speech.
Come, let’s go see Gotama,
one accomplished in clear knowledge and
conduct.” (12)
“Come, let’s go see Gotama,
the muni meditating in the woods,
with antelope calves, slender, a hero,92
eating little, greedless. (13)
“Having approached the nāga,
who is like a lion, wandering alone,
indifferent to sensual pleasures,
let’s ask about release from the snare of death.” (14)
“Let us ask Gotama,
the expounder, the instructor,
one gone beyond all phenomena,
the Buddha who has overcome enmity and peril!” (15)
“In what has the world arisen?”
(said the yakkha Hemavata).
“In what does it form intimacy?
Having clung to what is the world
afflicted in regard to what?” (16) [30]
“In six the world has arisen,
(Hemavata,” said the Blessed One).
“In six it forms intimacy;
having clung to six, the world
is afflicted in regard to six.” (17)
“What is that clinging
in which the world is afflicted?
When asked about the outlet, tell:
how is one released from suffering?” (18)
“Five strands of sensual pleasure
with mind as sixth are declared in the world:
having expunged desire for these,
one is thereby released from suffering. (19)
“This outlet from the world
has been expounded to you just as it is.
This is what I declare to you:
one is thereby released from suffering.” (20)
“Who here crosses the flood?
Who here crosses the sea?
Who does not sink in the deep,
which is without foothold, without support?” (21)
“One always accomplished in good behavior,
endowed with wisdom, well concentrated,
inwardly reflective, mindful,
crosses the flood so hard to cross. (22)
“One who has abstained from sensual perception,
who has overcome all fetters,
who has utterly destroyed delight and existence—
he does not sink in the deep.” (23)
“Behold him of deep wisdom,
the one who sees the subtle meaning,
owning nothing, unattached
to sensual pleasures and existence.
Behold him, everywhere released,
the great rishi treading the divine path. (24)
“Behold him of perfect name,
the one who sees the subtle meaning,
the giver of wisdom, unattached
to the lair of sensual pleasures, [31]
all-knowing, very wise,
the great rishi treading the noble path. (25)
“Today indeed we have had a good sight,
a good morning, a good arising,
since we have seen the Enlightened One,
one without influxes who has crossed the flood. (26)
“These thousand yakkhas
possessing psychic potency and fame
all go to you for refuge:
you are our unsurpassed teacher. (27)
“We will wander from village to village,
from mountain to mountain,
“We will wander from village to village,
from mountain to mountain,
paying homage to the Enlightened One
and to the excellence of the Dhamma.” (28)