Dighanikaya 28.141

28.141

Evaṃ me sutanti sampasādanīyasuttaṃ. Tatrāyamanuttānapadavaṇṇanā – nāḷandāyanti nāḷandāti evaṃnāmake nagare, taṃ nagaraṃ gocaragāmaṃ katvā. Pāvārikambavaneti dussapāvārikaseṭṭhino ambavane. Taṃ kira tassa uyyānaṃ ahosi. So bhagavato dhammadesanaṃ sutvā bhagavati pasanno tasmiṃ uyyāne kuṭileṇamaṇḍapādipaṭimaṇḍitaṃ bhagavato vihāraṃ katvā niyyātesi. So vihāro jīvakambavanaṃ viya ‘‘pāvārikambavana’’ntveva saṅkhyaṃ gato, tasmiṃ pāvārikambavane viharatīti attho. Bhagavantaṃ etadavoca – ‘‘evaṃpasanno ahaṃ, bhante, bhagavatī’’ti. Kasmā evaṃ avoca? Attano uppannasomanassapavedanatthaṃ.

"Thus have I heard" introduces the Sampasādanīya Sutta. Here is the commentary on the obscure words: "At Nāḷandā" means in the city of that name, having made that city his resort for alms. "In Pāvārika's Mango Grove" means in the mango grove belonging to the guild-president who was a cloaks-dealer. That, it is said, was his park. Having heard the Blessed One's Dhamma discourse, filled with faith in the Blessed One, he had a monastery built in that park adorned with huts, caves, pavilions, and so forth, and dedicated it to the Blessed One. That monastery, like Jīvaka's Mango Grove, came to be known as "Pāvārika's Mango Grove"; he "was residing in Pāvārika's Mango Grove" is the meaning. "Addressed the Blessed One thus: 'I have such faith, Bhante, in the Blessed One.'" Why did he speak in this way? In order to make known the joyous satisfaction that had arisen in himself.