Dighanikaya 32.283

32.283

Idāni yesaṃ evaṃ viravitabbaṃ, te dassetuṃ katamesaṃ yakkhānantiādimāha. Tattha indo somotiādīni tesaṃ nāmāni. Tesu vessāmittoti vessāmittapabbatavāsī eko yakkho. Yugandharopi yugandharapabbatavāsīyeva. Hiri netti ca mandiyoti hiri ca netti ca mandiyo ca. Maṇi māṇi varo dīghoti maṇi ca māṇi ca varo ca dīgho ca. Atho serīsako sahāti tehi saha añño serīsako nāma. ‘‘Imesaṃ yakkhānaṃ…pe… ujjhāpetabba’’nti ayaṃ yakkho imaṃ heṭheti viheṭheti na muñcatīti evaṃ etesaṃ yakkhasenāpatīnaṃ ārocetabbaṃ. Tato te bhikkhusaṅgho attano dhammaāṇaṃ karoti, mayampi amhākaṃ yakkharājaāṇaṃ karomāti ussukkaṃ karissanti. Evaṃ amanussānaṃ okāso na bhavissati, buddhasāvakānaṃ phāsuvihāro ca bhavissatīti dassento ‘‘ayaṃ kho sā, mārisa, āṭānāṭiyā rakkhā’’tiādimāha. Taṃ sabbaṃ, tato parañca uttānatthamevāti.

Now, to show those to whom one should cry out in this way, he said ‘Which yakkhas?’ and so forth. Therein, ‘Inda, Soma,’ and so forth are their names. Among them, ‘Vessāmitta’ is a yakkha dwelling on Mount Vessāmitta. ‘Yugandhara’ also is just one dwelling on Mount Yugandhara. ‘Hiri and Netti and Mandiya’ means Hiri, and Netti, and Mandiya. ‘Maṇi, Māṇi, Vara, Dīgha’ means Maṇi, and Māṇi, and Vara, and Dīgha. ‘And Serīsaka with them’ means another named Serīsaka together with them. ‘To these yakkhas… pe… complaint should be made’ means: ‘This yakkha oppresses, harasses, does not release this person’—in this way, it should be announced to these yakkha commanders. Then they will make an effort, thinking: ‘The community of monks exercises its own authority of the Dhamma; we too will exercise our authority of the yakkha king.’ Showing that in this way non-humans will have no opportunity, and the disciples of the Buddha will dwell in comfort, he said: ‘This, sir, is that Āṭānāṭiya safeguard,’ and so forth. All that and what follows has a clear meaning.