Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c36.3108

v2.c36.3108

The story was related to a holy believer who, coming one day to Jetavana, found there none of the ferry boats which crossed the Aciravatī; not wishing to return, he started to walk across the river, his mind full of thoughts of the Buddha. In the middle he lost his train of thought, and was about to sink when he again put forth effort and crossed over. The Buddha, hearing of this, told him this story, and at its conclusion the man became a sakadāgāmin. The Nāga-king was Sāriputta and the Sea-spirit was the Bodhisatta.¹