Dighanikaya 2.161_2

2.161_2

Rājā tesaṃ upasame pasīditvā vigatapaṅkatāya vippasannarahadamiva upasantindriyaṃ bhikkhusaṅghaṃ punappunaṃ anuviloketvā udānaṃ udānesi. Tattha imināti yena kāyikena ca vācasikena ca mānasikena ca sīlūpasamena bhikkhusaṅgho upasanto, iminā upasamenāti dīpeti. Tattha ‘‘aho vata me putto pabbajitvā ime bhikkhū viya upasanto bhaveyyā’’ti nayidaṃ sandhāya esa evamāha. Ayaṃ pana bhikkhusaṅghaṃ disvā pasanno puttaṃ anussari. Dullabhañhi laddhā acchariyaṃ vā disvā piyānaṃ ñātimittādīnaṃ anussaraṇaṃ nāma lokassa pakatiyeva. Iti bhikkhusaṅghaṃ disvā puttaṃ anussaramāno esa evamāha.

The king, pleased with their tranquility, looking repeatedly around at the Saṅgha of bhikkhus whose faculties were calmed like a limpid pool free of mud, uttered an inspired utterance. There, "with this": he explains, "with this tranquility of bodily, verbal, and mental virtue by which the Saṅgha of bhikkhus is calmed." There, he did not say this with the intention: "Oh, that my son might go forth and become tranquil like these bhikkhus!" Rather, seeing the Saṅgha of bhikkhus, he became joyful and remembered his son. For having obtained something rare or seen something wonderful, it is indeed the worldly nature of people to remember their dear ones, relatives, friends, and the like. Thus, seeing the Saṅgha of bhikkhus and remembering his son, he said this.