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attendants closely attending upon Me are the female devotee Nandamata (an
AnÈgÈmÊ resident of Velukandaka, a town in Dakkhinagiri province of
RÈjagaha country) and the noble lay devotee Khujjutara (a
sotÈpanna
, a
Bearer of the Three PiÔakas, Possessor of the title of Pre-eminence
(
Etadagga
) who was conceived in the womb of a maid servant of a rich man,
Ghosaka of KosambÊ and who became, when she came of age, a female
attendant of Queen SÈmÈvatÊ).
20) Aham assatthamulamhi
patto sambodhimuttamaÑ
vyÈmappabhÈ sada mayham
solasahatthamuggatÈ
Dear son, SÈriputta, I attained
arahatta-magga-ÒÈÓa
and achieved
Omniscience, at the foot of the Bodhi Tree (100 cubits tall). Light rays from
my body (spreading over a radius of eighty hand-lengths) shine brilliantly at
all times. My height is sixteen hand-lengths.
21) Appam vassasatam Èyu
IdhÈnetarahi vijjati
tÈvatÈ titthamÈnoham
tÈremi janataÑ bahuÑ
Dear son, SÈriputta, the present life span (of human) is very short, limited to
only one hundred years. I will live for four-fifth of this life span (eighty
years) and for forty-five years I shall be saving sentient beings (from the
ocean of
saÑsÈra
) and conveying them to the Shore of NibbÈna.
22) ®hapayitvÈna DhammukkaÑ
pacchimaÑ janabodhanaÑ
ahampi nacirasseva
saddhiÑ savakasa~ghato
idheva parinibbissam
aggÊvÈhÈrasa~khayÈ
Dear son, SÈriputta, I have lit and set up the Torch of Dhamma burning, in
order that the coming generations may understand the Four Noble Truths. At
no distant date, in the company of my
bhikkhu-
disciples, I will come to the
Final End, like a torch extinguished with fuel expended, in this very world at
Kusinara, dropping the curtain on the drama of existences.
Two Stanzas of SaÑvega.
23) TÈni ca atulatejÈni
ImÈni ca dassabalÈni
ayaÒca gunadhÈrano deho
dvattiÑ savaralakkhanavicitto
24) Dasa disÈ pabhÈtsetva
sataraÑ siva sappabhÈ
sabbaÑ tamantarahissanti
nanu rittÈ sabbasa~kkhÈrÈ
Dear son, SÈriputta, My peerless glory and power, the ten physical strengths
and this person of Mine, comely and wonderful to behold, embodying, like a
golden mountain, the thirty-two major characteristics of a superior person
together with six fold Unique Wisdom (
asadharana-ÒÈÓa
) and ten mental
strengths (
dasabala-ÒÈÓa
), the six-hued rays emanating from my body, and
illuminating all directions like the rays of the sun, all these things just spoken