Dighanikaya 28.162

28.162

Āyasmā udāyīti tayo therā udāyī nāma – lāḷudāyī, kāḷudāyī, mahāudāyīti. Idha mahāudāyī adhippeto. Tassa kira imaṃ suttaṃ ādito paṭṭhāya yāva pariyosānā suṇantassa abbhantare pañcavaṇṇā pīti uppajjitvā pādapiṭṭhito sīsamatthakaṃ gacchati, sīsamatthakato pādapiṭṭhiṃ āgacchati, ubhato paṭṭhāya majjhaṃ otarati, majjhato paṭṭhāya ubhato gacchati. So nirantaraṃ pītiyā phuṭasarīro balavasomanassena dasabalassa guṇaṃ kathento acchariyaṃ bhantetiādimāha. Appicchatāti nittaṇhatā. Santuṭṭhitāti catūsu paccayesu tīhākārehi santoso. Sallekhatāti sabbakilesānaṃ sallikhitabhāvo. Yatra hi nāmāti yo nāma. Na attānaṃ pātukarissatīti attano guṇe na āvi karissati. Paṭākaṃ parihareyyunti ‘‘ko amhehi sadiso atthī’’ti vadantā paṭākaṃ ukkhipitvā nāḷandaṃ vicareyyuṃ.

“The Venerable Udāyī”: there are three elders named Udāyī—Lāḷudāyī, Kāḷudāyī, and Mahāudāyī. Here Mahāudāyī is intended. It is said that as he listened to this discourse from the beginning to the end, five-colored rapture arose inside him, going from the soles of the feet to the crown of the head, coming from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet, descending from both sides into the middle, and going from the middle to both sides. With his body continuously pervaded with rapture, speaking of the qualities of the One of Ten Powers with intense joy, he said: “It is marvellous, bhante,” and so on. “Fewness of wishes” means absence of craving. “Contentment” means satisfaction with the four requisites in three modes. “Effacement” means the condition of all defilements being effaced. “Wherein indeed” means who indeed. “Will not make himself known” means he will not make his own qualities known. “They would raise a banner” means saying, “Who is equal to us?”, they would lift up a banner and wander through Nāḷandā.