Dighanikaya 2.160

2.160

Nāgassa bhūmīti yattha sakkā hatthiṃ abhirūḷhena gantuṃ, ayaṃ nāgassa bhūmi nāma. Nāgā paccorohitvāti vihārassa bahidvārakoṭṭhake hatthito orohitvā. Bhūmiyaṃ patiṭṭhitasamakālameva pana bhagavato tejo rañño sarīraṃ phari. Athassa tāvadeva sakalasarīrato sedā mucciṃsu, sāṭakā pīḷetvā apanetabbā viya ahesuṃ. Attano aparādhaṃ saritvā mahābhayaṃ uppajji. So ujukaṃ bhagavato santikaṃ gantuṃ asakkonto jīvakaṃ hatthe gahetvā ārāmacārikaṃ caramāno viya ‘‘idaṃ te samma jīvaka suṭṭhu kāritaṃ idaṃ suṭṭhu kārita’’nti vihārassa vaṇṇaṃ bhaṇamāno anukkamena yena maṇḍalamāḷassa dvāraṃ tenupasaṅkami, sampattoti attho.

As far as an elephant can go: where it is possible to go mounted on an elephant, this is called 'as far as an elephant can go'. Having dismounted from the elephant: having dismounted from the elephant at the outer gatehouse of the monastery. But at the very same time that he stood on the ground, the majesty of the Blessed One pervaded the king's body. Then immediately sweat poured from his entire body; his garments became as if they should be wrung out and removed. Remembering his own wrongdoing, great fear arose in him. Unable to go directly into the presence of the Blessed One, he took Jīvaka by the hand, and as if strolling about the monastery grounds, uttering praise of the monastery—"This, friend Jīvaka, has been well built by you; this has been well built!"—he gradually approached the entrance of the pavilion; the meaning is that he arrived.