Thapatisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Mahāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 19 · Section 1444

[1444] "But, venerable sir, when we hear of the Blessed One: 'He will set out wandering from the Vajjians to the Mallas,' on that occasion there is gladness in us, there is joy, thinking: 'The Blessed One will be near us.' And when, venerable sir, we hear of the Blessed One: 'He has set out wandering from the Vajjians to the Mallas,' on that occasion there is gladness in us, there is joy, thinking: 'The Blessed One is near us.'"

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.