Dighanikaya 20.338_2

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Yāmunā dhataraṭṭhā cāti yamunavāsino ca dhataraṭṭhakule uppannā nāgā ca. Erāvaṇo mahānāgoti erāvaṇo ca devaputto, jātiyā nāgo na hoti. Nāgavohārena panesa vohariyati. Sopāgāti sopi āgato.

“Those of the Yamunā and Dhataraṭṭhas” (yāmunā dhataraṭṭhā ca): those dwelling in the Yamunā and the nāgas born in the family of Dhataraṭṭha. “Erāvaṇa, the great nāga” (erāvaṇo mahānāgo): Erāvaṇa is a deva’s son; he is not a nāga by birth, but he is referred to by the designation of ‘nāga.’ “He came too” (sopāgā): he also arrived.