Dighanikaya 18.277

18.277

Bhagavantaṃ kittayamānarūpoti aho buddho, aho dhammo, aho saṅgho; aho dhammo svākkhātoti evaṃ kittayantova kālamakāsi. Bahujano pasīdeyyāti amhākaṃ pitā mātā bhātā bhaginī putto dhītā sahāyako, tena amhehi saddhiṃ ekato bhuttā, ekato sayitā, tassa idañcidañca manāpaṃ akarimha, so kira anāgāmī sakadāgāmī sotāpanno; aho sādhu, aho suṭṭhūti evaṃ bahujano pasādaṃ āpajjeyya.

"As one praising the Blessed One" means he died while praising thus: 'Ah, the Buddha! Ah, the Dhamma! Ah, the Saṅgha! Ah, well expounded is the Dhamma!' "A multitude would be pleased" means many people would gain confidence thus: 'Our father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, friend—by him we ate together, slept together; we did this and that pleasing thing for him; he, they say, is a non-returner, a once-returner, a stream-enterer! Ah, how good! Ah, how wonderful!'