雜阿含經 809.p5

809.p5

As he washed the knife, there was a celestial māra that abided in mid-air and praised Deer Forest, son of the brahmāṇas, saying, “Excellent, excellent, Venerable! You have obtained immeasurable merits by causing the śramaṇas, those sons of the Śākya, to uphold the precepts and have virtue, crossing over what has not been crossed over, not yet liberated to be liberated, to cause those who have not attained rest to attain rest, to cause those who have not attained Nirvāṇa to attain Nirvāṇa. All the benefits of these things, the robes and bowls, entirely belong to you.”