Dighanikaya 14.4_2

14.4_2

Bhaddakappeti pañcabuddhuppādapaṭimaṇḍitattā sundarakappe sārakappeti bhagavā imaṃ kappaṃ thomento evamāha. Yato paṭṭhāya kira amhākaṃ bhagavatā abhinīhāro kato, etasmiṃ antare ekakappepi pañca buddhā nibbattā nāma natthi. Amhākaṃ bhagavato abhinīhārassa purato pana taṇhaṅkaro, medhaṅkaro, saraṇaṅkaro, dīpaṅkaroti cattāro buddhā ekasmiṃ kappe nibbattiṃsu. Tesaṃ orabhāge ekaṃ asaṅkhyeyyaṃ buddhasuññameva ahosi.

In ‘in an auspicious aeon,’ the Blessed One said this while praising this aeon as a beautiful aeon, an excellent aeon, because it is adorned with the arising of five Buddhas. For ever since our Blessed One made his aspiration, within this interval there is no single aeon in which five Buddhas have arisen. But prior to our Blessed One’s aspiration, four Buddhas—Taṇhaṅkara, Medhaṅkara, Saraṇaṅkara, and Dīpaṅkara—arose in a single aeon. Below them, for one incalculable period, [the world] was completely devoid of Buddhas.