Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c10.178

v1.c10.178

Ekuddāna (Ekuddāniya) Thera.—An arahant. He was the son of a wealthy brahmin of Sāvatthi, and being convinced of the Buddha’s majesty, as seen at the presentation of the Jetavana, he entered the Order. He dwelt in the forest fulfilling his novitiate, and once came to the Buddha to learn of him. The Buddha, seeing Sāriputta near him wrapt in contemplation, uttered a stanza, that to the monk of lofty thoughts and heedful, sorrow comes not.¹ The monk learnt this stanza, and returning to the forest, ever and anon reflected on it. He thus came to be called Ekuddāniya. One day he obtained insight and became an arahant. Later, when Ānanda asked him to preach a sermon, it was this stanza that he took as his text.