40b: The Last Days 2, In Vajji – 1536
with his big toe. The mansion swayed in all the four directions, sideways as well
as back and forth. Thereupon the Devakaññā cried: “Son, please stop! Leave the
great mansion alone!”
Novice Saṅgharakkhita then let the Vejayanta mansion stand in its place, and
standing above it, uttered the following three verses in ecstatic joy (DA PTS
2.560):
Ajjevāhaṁ pabbajito, ajja pattāsavakkhayaṁ,
ajja kampemi pāsādaṁ, aho Buddhassuḷāratā.
Ajjevāhaṁ pabbajito, ajja pattāsavakkhayaṁ,
ajja kampemi pāsādaṁ, aho Dhammassuḷāratā.
Ajjevāhaṁ pabbajito, ajja pattāsavakkhayaṁ,
ajja kampemi pāsādaṁ, aho Saṅghassuḷāratā.
Just today I have become a monastic. I have today became an Arahat even
as my
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head was being shaved. And today, I have been able to shake
Sakka’s mansion, having received instruction from my teacher. Excellent
and marvellous indeed is the Buddha, the Perfectly Self-Awakened One.
Excellent and marvellous indeed is the Dhamma, that truly leads to
emancipation. Excellent and marvellous indeed is the Saṅgha, the noble
ones (
ariya
)!
3. The third cause, the conception of a Buddha to be, and the fourth cause,
the birth of a Buddha to be, are due to the superb merit of the Bodhisatta.
5. The fifth cause, the occasion of Awakening, is due to the power of the
penetrative knowledge of the Buddha.
6. The sixth cause, the occasion of delivering the first discourse, is due to
the power of the knowledge consisting in the power of exposition of the
Buddha. On this great occasion, the guardian spirit of the great earth,
showing his appreciation is figuratively said to be applauding by the great
earth, according to the commentary.
7. The seventh cause is due to the power of the Buddha-knowledge in
relinquishing the life-maintaining mental process, out of weariness with
sentient existence which is conditioned. On this great occasion, the
guardian spirit of the earth sympathized with the Buddha in the matter of
decay and death which is incumbent on everyone, not excepting the
Buddha, and showed his sympathy by the great earthquake.