Ayoguḷasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1209

[1209] "But, venerable sir, that the Blessed One knows (omāti)¹ that he has gone to the Brahmā world by spiritual power (iddhi) with a mind-made body (manomaya kāya), and that the Blessed One knows by direct knowledge (abhijānāti) that he has gone to the Brahmā world by spiritual power with this body composed of the four great elements (cātummahābhūtika kāya) — this, venerable sir, is wonderful and marvelous on the part of the Blessed One." "Wonderful indeed, Ānanda, are the Tathāgatas, and endowed with wonderful qualities; marvelous indeed, Ānanda, are the Tathāgatas, and endowed with marvelous qualities." ¹ Translator's note: the reading "omāti" is textually uncertain; the Siam Raṭṭha edition's own footnote records the variants "oppāti" (Sinhalese ed.) and "opapātiha" (European/PTS ed.). The verb is here taken as functionally parallel to "abhijānāti" in the second clause, i.e., a verb of knowing, following the Thai Royal reading.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.