Nandavaggo
3-5: Kolitasuttaṁ (25)
The Discourse about Kolita
Evaṁ me sutaṁ:
Thus I heard:
ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati,
at one time the Fortunate One was dwelling near Sāvatthī,
Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme.
in Jeta’s Wood, at Anāthapiṇḍika’s monastery.
Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā Mahāmoggallāno
Then at that time venerable Mahāmoggallāna
Bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti,
was sitting not far away from the Fortunate One,
pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā, ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya,
after folding his legs crosswise, and setting his body straight,
kāyagatāya satiyā ajjhattaṁ sūpaṭṭhitāya.
and was attending well to mindfulness related to his own body.
Addasā kho Bhagavā
The Fortunate One saw
āyasmantaṁ Mahāmoggallānaṁ avidūre nisinnaṁ,
venerable Mahāmoggallāna was sitting not far away,
pallaṅkaṁ ābhujitvā, ujuṁ kāyaṁ paṇidhāya,
after folding his legs crosswise, and setting his body straight,
kāyagatāya satiyā ajjhattaṁ sūpaṭṭhitāya.
and was attending well to mindfulness related to his own body.
Atha kho Bhagavā, etam-atthaṁ viditvā,
Then the Fortunate One, having understood the significance of it,
tāyaṁ velāyaṁ imaṁ udānaṁ udānesi:
on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“Sati kāyagatā upaṭṭhitā,
“Attending to mindfulness related to the body,
Chasu phassāyatanesu saṁvuto,
Restrained in regard to the six spheres of contact,
Satataṁ bhikkhu samāhito,
The monk who is continually concentrated,
Jaññā nibbānam-attano” ti.
Can know nibbāna for himself.”