Dighanikaya 1.1_17

1.1_17

Apica ‘‘evaṃ me suta’’nti attanā uppāditabhāvaṃ appaṭijānanto purimavacanaṃ vivaranto – ‘‘sammukhā paṭiggahitamidaṃ mayā tassa bhagavato catuvesārajjavisāradassa dasabaladharassa āsabhaṭṭhānaṭṭhāyino sīhanādanādino sabbasattuttamassa dhammissarassa dhammarājassa dhammādhipatino dhammadīpassa dhammasaraṇassa saddhammavaracakkavattino sammāsambuddhassa vacanaṃ, na ettha atthe vā dhamme vā pade vā byañjane vā kaṅkhā vā vimati vā kātabbā’’ti sabbesaṃ devamanussānaṃ imasmiṃ dhamme assaddhiyaṃ vināseti, saddhāsampadaṃ uppādeti. Tenetaṃ vuccati –

Furthermore, by ‘Thus have I heard’, not claiming that it was produced by himself, opening up the preceding statement [he says]: ‘This was received face to face by me, the word of that Blessed One, confident in the four confidences, endowed with the ten powers, standing in the place of the bull, uttering the lion’s roar, supreme among all beings, lord of the Dhamma, king of the Dhamma, sovereign of the Dhamma, island of the Dhamma, refuge of the Dhamma, wheel-turning monarch of the excellent True Dhamma, the fully awakened Buddha; no doubt or uncertainty should be had here regarding meaning or doctrine, word or phrasing.’ Thus he destroys the lack of faith among all devas and humans and arouses their attainment of faith. Hence it is said: