Dighanikaya 33.299

33.299

Bhagavantaṃyeva purakkhatvāti bhagavantaṃ purato katvā. Tattha bhagavā bhikkhūnañceva upāsakānañca majjhe nisinno ativiya virocati, samantapāsādiko suvaṇṇavaṇṇo abhirūpo dassanīyo. Purimakāyato suvaṇṇavaṇṇā rasmi uṭṭhahitvā asītihatthaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti. Pacchimakāyato. Dakkhiṇahatthato. Vāmahatthato suvaṇṇavaṇṇā rasmi uṭṭhahitvā asītihatthaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti. Upari kesantato paṭṭhāya sabbakesāvaṭṭehi moragīvavaṇṇā rasmi uṭṭhahitvā gaganatale asītihatthaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti. Heṭṭhā pādatalehi pavāḷavaṇṇā rasmi uṭṭhahitvā ghanapathaviyaṃ asītihatthaṃ ṭhānaṃ gaṇhāti. Evaṃ samantā asīti hatthamattaṃ ṭhānaṃ chabbaṇṇā buddharasmiyo vijjotamānā vipphandamānā vidhāvanti. Sabbe disābhāgā suvaṇṇacampakapupphehi vikiriyamānā viya suvaṇṇaghaṭato nikkhantasuvaṇṇarasadhārāhi siñcamānā viya pasāritasuvaṇṇapaṭaparikkhittā viya verambhavātasamuṭṭhitakiṃsukakaṇikārapupphacuṇṇasamākiṇṇā viya ca vippakāsanti.

‘Having placed the Blessed One in front’ means placing the Blessed One foremost. There, seated in the midst of both monks and lay followers, the Blessed One shone exceedingly—inspiring all around, golden-hued, handsome, and delightful to behold. From his front body a golden-colored ray arose and encompassed a space of eighty cubits. From his back body. From his right hand. From his left hand a golden-colored ray arose and encompassed a space of eighty cubits. Arising from his hairline above, from every curl of hair a ray of the color of a peacock's neck arose and encompassed a space of eighty cubits in the vault of the sky. Arising from the soles of his feet below, a coral-colored ray arose and encompassed a space of eighty cubits in the solid earth. In this way, all around, covering a space of about eighty cubits, the six-colored rays of the Buddha shone, quivered, and darted about. All directions were radiant, as if scattered with golden campaka flowers, as if sprinkled with streams of golden liquid flowing from golden jars, as if wrapped in outspread golden cloth, and as if strewn with the powder of kiṃsuka and kaṇikāra blossoms stirred up by the verambha winds.