Dighanikaya 0.27

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Evamādinā nayena navānupubbavihārachaḷabhiññāppabhede uttarimanussadhamme attanā samasamaṭṭhapanena ca anuggahito, tathā ākāse pāṇiṃ cāletvā alaggacittatāya ceva candopamapaṭipadāya ca pasaṃsito, tassa kimaññaṃ āṇaṇyaṃ bhavissati. Nanu maṃ bhagavā rājā viya sakakavacaissariyānuppadānena attano kulavaṃsappatiṭṭhāpakaṃ puttaṃ ‘saddhammavaṃsappatiṭṭhāpako me ayaṃ bhavissatī’ti, mantvā iminā asādhāraṇena anuggahena anuggahesi, imāya ca uḷārāya pasaṃsāya pasaṃsīti cintayanto dhammavinayasaṅgāyanatthaṃ bhikkhūnaṃ ussāhaṃ janesi. Yathāha –

By such methods, being favored by being placed on an equal footing with himself in the states of superior human beings comprising the nine successive abidings and the six direct knowledges; likewise, praised for having an unattached mind like moving a hand in space, and for the practice comparable to the moon—what other freedom from debt to him could there be? Did not the Blessed One, like a king bestowing his own armor and sovereignty on his son who establishes his family line, thinking, “This one will be the establisher of the lineage of the True Dhamma for me,” favor me with this extraordinary favor, and praise me with this lofty praise?’ Reflecting thus, he aroused the zeal of the monks for reciting the Dhamma and Vinaya. As he said: