Dighanikaya 20.331_4

20.331_4

Bhagavāpi rattiyā paccūsasamayeva mahākaruṇāsamāpattito vuṭṭhāya lokaṃ volokento ime evaṃ yuddhasajje nikkhamante addasa. Disvā – ‘‘mayi gate ayaṃ kalaho vūpasamissati nu kho udāhu no’’ti upadhārento – ‘‘ahamettha gantvā kalahavūpasamanatthaṃ tīṇi jātakāni kathessāmi, tato kalaho vūpasamissati. Atha sāmaggidīpanatthāya dve jātakāni kathetvā attadaṇḍasuttaṃ desessāmi. Desanaṃ sutvā ubhayanagaravāsinopi aḍḍhatiyāni aḍḍhatiyāni kumārasatāni dassanti, ahaṃ te pabbajissāmi, tadā mahāsamāgamo bhavissatī’’ti sanniṭṭhānamakāsi. Tasmā imesu yuddhasajjesu nikkhamantesu kassaci anārocetvā sayameva pattacīvaramādāya gantvā dvinnaṃ senānaṃ antare ākāse pallaṅkaṃ ābhujitvā chabbaṇṇarasmiyo vissajjetvā nisīdi.

And at the very time of dawn, the Blessed One, having arisen from the attainment of great compassion and surveying the world, saw them marching out thus prepared for battle. Seeing them, he considered: “If I go, will this quarrel be calmed or not?” Reflecting, he concluded: “Having gone there, I will tell three Jātakas for the purpose of calming the quarrel, and then the quarrel will be calmed. Then, having told two Jātakas for the purpose of illustrating harmony, I will teach the Attadaṇḍa Sutta. Having heard the teaching, the residents of both cities will give two hundred and fifty young men each; I will give them the going forth, and then there will be a great gathering.” Therefore, while these [people] were marching out prepared for battle, without informing anyone, he took his bowl and robe himself, went [there], folded his legs crosswise in the air between the two armies, and sat down emitting the six-colored rays of light.