Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.324

v1.c7.324

The Saṃyutta Nikāya⁵⁵ contains an eulogy on Sāriputta by Ānanda, where the latter speaks of his comprehensive and manifold wisdom, joyous and swift, of his rampant energy and readiness to accept advice. When he hears of Sāriputta’s death from Cunda the Samaṇuddesa, he goes to the Buddha with Cunda (not wishing to break the news himself) and they take with them Sāriputta’s bowl and outer robe, Cunda carrying the ashes, and there Ānanda confesses to the Buddha that when he heard the news he felt as thought his body were drugged, his senses confused and his mind become a blank.⁵⁶ The Commentary adds⁵⁷ that Ānanda was trembling “like a cock escaping from the mouth of a cat.”