Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.12

24.5.12

「我成阿羅漢，世間最無比，
天及世間人，我今最為上。
我亦無師保，亦復無與等，
獨尊無過者，冷而無復溫。
今當轉法輪，往詣加尸邦，
今以甘露藥，開彼盲冥者。
波羅㮈國界，加尸國王土，
五比丘住處，欲說微妙法。
使彼早成道，及得漏盡通，
以除惡法元，是故最為勝。」

“I’ve become an arhat
Supreme and without comparison.
Among gods and worldly people,
I’m now unsurpassed.

“I have no teacher
And no other equal, either.
I’m the sole worthy who’s without flaw,
Cooled and no longer warmed.

Now, I will turn the Dharma wheel
And go to visit Kāśī.
Now, with the happiness of immortality,
I’ll reveal their benightedness.

The realm of Bārāṇasī,
The royal domain of Kāśī,
That’s where the five monks are living
To whom I’m going to explain this subtle teaching.

They will swiftly be awakened
And realize their contaminants have ended.
Eliminating the origin of what’s evil,
Therefore, is the greatest thing.”