Dighanikaya 21.344_4

21.344_4

Tato ‘‘atthi nu kho koci samaṇo vā brāhmaṇo vā lokapitāmaho mahābrahmā vā, yo me hadayanissitaṃ sokasallaṃ samuddharitvā imaṃ sampattiṃ thāvaraṃ kareyyā’’ti olokento kañci adisvā puna addasa ‘‘mādisānaṃ satasahassānampi uppannaṃ sokasallaṃ sammāsambuddho uddharituṃ paṭibalo’’ti. Athevaṃ parivitakkentassa tena kho pana samayena sakkassa devānamindassa ussukkaṃ udapādi bhagavantaṃ dassanāya.

Then, looking about: “Is there indeed any ascetic, brāhmaṇa, or Mahābrahmā, grandfather of the world, who could pull out the dart of grief based in my heart and make this splendor permanent?”—finding no one, he saw again: “The fully awakened Buddha is able to pull out the dart of grief that has arisen even for a hundred thousand beings like me.” Then, as he was considering thus, at that time zeal arose in Sakka, lord of the devas, to see the Blessed One.