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On a certain occasion the Exalted One was staying near Vesālī at Gotama Shrine.[ 1 ]
Then the Exalted One addressed the monks, saying: ‘Monks!’
‘Yes, lord,’ replied those monks to the Exalted One.
The Exalted One said:
‘Monks, I proclaim Dhamma with full comprehension,[ 2 ] not without full comprehension.
I proclaim Dhamma with causal connexions,[ 3 ] not without.
I proclaim Dhamma accompanied by wonders,[ 4 ] not without wonders.
Since I do so there is good reason why I should admonish, there is good reason why I should instruct.[ 5 ] Well may ye be glad. Well may ye be satisfied. Well may ye be pleased at the thought: Perfectly enlightened is the Exalted One. Well taught by the Exalted One is Dhamma. Well conducted is the Order.’ So spake the Exalted One.
And those monks were indeed satisfied and delighted with the words of the Exalted One.
Moreover with this pronouncement was uttered the thousandfold universe was shaken.
[ 1 ] Gotamake cetiye = Gotamaka-yakkhassa bhavane. Comy. Cf. D. ii, 102, 118; K.S. v, 230; UdA. 322; here Comy. Refers to Cāpāla cetiya and the others mentioned at S.
[ 2 ] These phrases occur at M. ii, 9, where Lord Chalmers trans.: ‘with higher knowledge, with origins, with assignable conditions (?).’
[ 3 ] Sanidānan = sappaccayam eva katvā. Comy.
[ 4 ] Sappātihāriya = paccanīka patiharanena (by giving a blow to adversaries) sappātihāriyam eva katvā kathemi (Comy.),which meaning is repeated at UdA (patipakkha-haranato, rāgâdi-kilesa-nāsanato . . . tan tan patipakkhan iddhi-vidhan pavattati). Cf. VM. Ii, 358, patiharatī ti pātihāriyan. The word is gen. trans. by ‘accompanied by marvels.’ At K.S. v, 233 I have trans. acc. to Comy. there: ‘enforcing it with miracles,’ yāva niyyānikan katvā (making it salutary).
[ 5 ]Cf. Supra, text 170, ‘the miracle of teaching’ anusāsanī-pātihā-riya).