{"id":"ud2.1","title":"With Mucalinda","languageCodes":["en","pi"],"languageNotes":{"en":"Bhikkhu Sujato · CC0","pi":"Mahāsaṅgīti edition · SuttaCentral"},"chapters":[{"id":"ud2.1","title":"With Mucalinda","units":[{"id":"ud2.1:0","sourceIds":["ud2.1:0.1","ud2.1:0.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Udāna 2.1\nMucalindasutta","en":"Heartfelt Sayings 2.1\nWith Mucalinda"}},{"id":"ud2.1:1","sourceIds":["ud2.1:1.1","ud2.1:1.2","ud2.1:1.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Evaṁ me sutaṁ—\nekaṁ samayaṁ bhagavā uruvelāyaṁ viharati najjā nerañjarāya tīre mucalindamūle paṭhamābhisambuddho.\nTena kho pana samayena bhagavā sattāhaṁ ekapallaṅkena nisinno hoti vimuttisukhapaṭisaṁvedī.","en":"So I have heard.\nAt one time, when he was first awakened, the Buddha was staying in Uruvelā at the root of the Mucalinda tree on the bank of the Nerañjarā River.\nThere the Buddha sat cross-legged for seven days without moving, experiencing the bliss of freedom."}},{"id":"ud2.1:2","sourceIds":["ud2.1:2.1","ud2.1:2.2","ud2.1:2.3"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Tena kho pana samayena mahā akālamegho udapādi sattāhavaddalikā sītavātaduddinī.\nAtha kho mucalindo nāgarājā sakabhavanā nikkhamitvā bhagavato kāyaṁ sattakkhattuṁ bhogehi parikkhipitvā uparimuddhani mahantaṁ phaṇaṁ vihacca aṭṭhāsi:\n“mā bhagavantaṁ sītaṁ, mā bhagavantaṁ uṇhaṁ, mā bhagavantaṁ ḍaṁsamakasavātātapasarīsapasamphasso”ti.","en":"Just then a large storm blew up out of season, bringing seven days of precipitation, with cold winds and overcast skies.\nMucalinda, the dragon king, came out from his abode, encircled the Buddha’s body with seven coils and spread his large hood over his head, thinking,\n“May the Buddha not be hot or cold, nor be bothered by flies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, or reptiles.”"}},{"id":"ud2.1:3","sourceIds":["ud2.1:3.1","ud2.1:3.2"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā tassa sattāhassa accayena tamhā samādhimhā vuṭṭhāsi.\nAtha kho mucalindo nāgarājā viddhaṁ vigatavalāhakaṁ devaṁ viditvā bhagavato kāyā bhoge viniveṭhetvā sakavaṇṇaṁ paṭisaṁharitvā māṇavakavaṇṇaṁ abhinimminitvā bhagavato purato aṭṭhāsi pañjaliko bhagavantaṁ namassamāno.","en":"When seven days had passed, the Buddha emerged from that state of immersion.\nWhen he knew the heavens were clear and cloudless, Mucalinda unwrapped his coils from the Buddha’s body. Hiding his own form, he manifested in the form of a brahmin youth. He stood in front of the Buddha, venerating him with cupped palms."}},{"id":"ud2.1:4","sourceIds":["ud2.1:4.1"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṁ viditvā tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:","en":"Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:"}},{"id":"ud2.1:5","sourceIds":["ud2.1:5.1","ud2.1:5.2","ud2.1:5.3","ud2.1:5.4"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"“Sukho viveko tuṭṭhassa,\nsutadhammassa passato;\nAbyāpajjaṁ sukhaṁ loke,\npāṇabhūtesu saṁyamo.","en":"“Seclusion is happiness for the contented\nwho see the teaching they have learned.\nKindness for the world is happiness\nfor one who’d not harm a living creature."}},{"id":"ud2.1:6","sourceIds":["ud2.1:6.1","ud2.1:6.2","ud2.1:6.3","ud2.1:6.4","ud2.1:6.5"],"kind":"text","text":{"pi":"Sukhā virāgatā loke,\nkāmānaṁ samatikkamo;\nAsmimānassa yo vinayo,\netaṁ ve paramaṁ sukhan”ti.\nPaṭhamaṁ.","en":"Dispassion for the world is happiness\nfor one who has gone beyond sensual pleasures.\nBut dispelling the conceit ‘I am’\nis truly the ultimate happiness.”"}}]}],"sourceRevision":"afdafa92450cfe7573b280da50382888323666d2","sourceUrl":"https://suttacentral.net/ud2.1/en/sujato","licence":"CC0 1.0","licenceUrl":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","editionNote":"Full supplied source file; inherited abbreviations are preserved. Not a reconstructed expansion of every repetition. No Malay or Mandarin translation is implied."}