Dhammapada 1.2.2_46

1.2.2_46

Gāthamāha. ‘‘Devaputto ayaṃ me, bhante, sampatti tumhesu cittaṃ pasādetvā laddhā’’ti. ‘‘Mayi cittaṃ pasādetvā laddhā te’’ti? ‘‘Āma, bhante’’ti. Mahājano devaputtaṃ oloketvā ‘‘acchariyā vata, bho, buddhaguṇā, adinnapubbakabrāhmaṇassa nāma putto aññaṃ kiñci puññaṃ akatvā satthari cittaṃ pasādetvā evarūpaṃ sampattiṃ paṭilabhī’’ti tuṭṭhiṃ pavedesi.

When the Teacher had completed this Stanza, the deity replied, “Reverend Sir, I obtained this glory by reposing faith in you.” “You obtained it by reposing faith in me?” “Yes, Reverend Sir.”

The populace surveyed the god and exclaimed, “Marvelous, indeed, are the powers of the Buddhas! the son of the Brahman Adinnapubbaka obtained glory such as this simply by reposing faith in the Teacher, without doing a single other work of merit!” And they were filled with joy. Then the Teacher said to them, “Our thoughts are the source of all our actions, both good and bad, and by our thoughts are our actions controlled. For, like a shadow, an act done with thought of faith never leaves a man who goes to the World of the Gods or the world of men. Having related this story, the King of Truth joined the connection, and sealing, as it were, with the royal seal an edict to which the clay had been attached, pronounced the following Stanza,