[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Ekottarāgama (Sanskrit fragments)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama) › [增壹阿含經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva) › 24.5.12 # Ekottaragama (Sanskrit fragments) 24.5.12 增壹阿含經 24.5.12 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [24.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.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. > — Charles Patton, The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) > “I have no teacher > And no other equal, either. > I’m the sole worthy who’s without flaw, > Cooled and no longer warmed. > — Charles Patton, The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) > Now, I will turn the Dharma wheel > And go to visit Kāśī. > Now, with the happiness of immortality, > I’ll reveal their benightedness. > — Charles Patton, The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) > 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. > — Charles Patton, The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) > They will swiftly be awakened > And realize their contaminants have ended. > Eliminating the origin of what’s evil, > Therefore, is the greatest thing.” > — Charles Patton, The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras) - [Previous: 24.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.24.5.11) - [Next: 24.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.24.5.13) - [Up: 24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.24.5) ## Translations (2) - [The Numbered Discourses (selected sūtras)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva~en-patton.24.5.p19) — Charles Patton, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva~en-mt.24.5.12) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.24.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ekottaragama*zh-sanghadeva.24.5.12) · Pramāṇa