Mahaparinibbanasutta 3.23

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Abhijānāmi kho panāhaṃ, ānanda, anekasataṃ brāhmaṇaparisaṃ …pe…

I recall having approached an assembly of hundreds of brahmins …

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gahapatiparisaṃ …

householders …

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samaṇaparisaṃ …

ascetics …

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cātumahārājikaparisaṃ …

the gods of the four great kings …

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tāvatiṃsaparisaṃ …

the gods of the thirty-three …

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māraparisaṃ …

Māras …

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brahmaparisaṃ upasaṅkamitā.

divinities.

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Tatrapi mayā sannisinnapubbañceva sallapitapubbañca sākacchā ca samāpajjitapubbā.

There too I used to sit with them, converse, and engage in discussion.

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Tattha yādisako tesaṃ vaṇṇo hoti, tādisako mayhaṃ vaṇṇo hoti.

And my appearance and voice became just like theirs.

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Yādisako tesaṃ saro hoti, tādisako mayhaṃ saro hoti.

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Dhammiyā kathāya sandassemi samādapemi samuttejemi sampahaṃsemi.

I educated, encouraged, fired up, and inspired them with a Dhamma talk.

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Bhāsamānañca maṃ na jānanti:

But when I spoke they didn’t know:

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‘ko nu kho ayaṃ bhāsati devo vā manusso vā’ti?

‘Who is this that speaks? Is it a god or a human?’

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Dhammiyā kathāya sandassetvā samādapetvā samuttejetvā sampahaṃsetvā antaradhāyāmi.

And when my Dhamma talk was finished I vanished.

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Antarahitañca maṃ na jānanti:

But when I vanished they didn’t know:

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‘ko nu kho ayaṃ antarahito devo vā manusso vā’ti?

‘Who was that who vanished? Was it a god or a human?’

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Imā kho, ānanda, aṭṭha parisā.

These are the eight assemblies.