[21] Bhikkhus, in the evening time the lion, king of beasts, comes forth from his lair. Having come forth from his lair, he stretches himself. Having stretched himself, he surveys the four quarters all around. Having surveyed the four quarters all around, he roars his lion's roar three times. Having roared his lion's roar three times, he sets out for his feeding ground. For what reason? [Thinking:] 'Let me not bring about the destruction of small creatures that have strayed onto uneven ground.' 'Lion', bhikkhus, is a designation for the Tathāgata, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One. When, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata teaches the Dhamma to an assembly, this is his lion's roar.
Bhikkhus, there are these ten Tathāgata powers (tathāgatabala) of the Tathāgata, possessed of which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull (āsabhaṇṭhāna), roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā. What are the ten? Here, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is (yathābhūta) the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the possible as possible and the impossible as impossible, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the result of undertakings of action — past, future, and present — in terms of possibilities and in terms of causes. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the result of undertakings of action — past, future, and present — in terms of possibilities and in terms of causes, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the way leading everywhere. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the way leading everywhere, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the world with its many elements (dhātu), its diverse elements. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the world with its many elements, its diverse elements, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the diverse dispositions of beings. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the diverse dispositions of beings, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the inferior and superior condition of the faculties of other beings, of other persons. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the inferior and superior condition of the faculties of other beings, of other persons, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the defilement, the cleansing, and the emergence in regard to the jhānas, liberations, concentrations (samādhi), and attainments. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata understands as it really is the defilement, the cleansing, and the emergence in regard to the jhānas, liberations, concentrations, and attainments, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth, two births, three births, four births, five births, ten births, twenty births, thirty births, forty births, fifty births, a hundred births, a thousand births, a hundred thousand births, many aeons of world-contraction, many aeons of world-expansion, many aeons of world-contraction and expansion: 'There I was so named, of such a clan, of such an appearance, such was my food, such my experience of pleasure and pain, such my life-span; passing away from there, I arose in such a place; there too I was so named, of such a clan, of such an appearance, such was my food, such my experience of pleasure and pain, such my life-span; passing away from there, I arose here.' Thus with its aspects and particulars he recollects his manifold past abodes. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata recollects his manifold past abodes, that is: one birth, two births … thus with its aspects and particulars he recollects his manifold past abodes, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human, the Tathāgata sees beings passing away and reappearing — inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate — and he understands beings as faring according to their kamma: 'These beings, sirs, endowed with misconduct of body, endowed with misconduct of speech, endowed with misconduct of mind, revilers of the noble ones, holders of wrong view, undertaking actions based on wrong view — with the breakup of the body, after death, have arisen in the plane of misery, a bad destination, the lower world, hell. But these beings, sirs, endowed with good conduct of body, endowed with good conduct of speech, endowed with good conduct of mind, not revilers of the noble ones, holders of right view, undertaking actions based on right view — with the breakup of the body, after death, have arisen in a good destination, a heavenly world.' Thus with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human, he sees beings passing away and reappearing — inferior and superior, beautiful and ugly, fortunate and unfortunate — and he understands beings as faring according to their kamma. Since, bhikkhus, the Tathāgata, with the divine eye, purified and surpassing the human … understands beings as faring according to their kamma, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
Furthermore, bhikkhus, with the destruction of the taints (āsava), the Tathāgata, having realized it for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life enters upon and dwells in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom. Since, bhikkhus, with the destruction of the taints, the Tathāgata, having realized it for himself with direct knowledge, in this very life enters upon and dwells in the taintless liberation of mind, liberation by wisdom, this too, bhikkhus, is a Tathāgata power of the Tathāgata, relying upon which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
These, bhikkhus, are the [ten] Tathāgata powers of the Tathāgata, possessed of which the Tathāgata claims the place of the chief bull, roars his lion's roar in the assemblies, and sets rolling the Wheel of Brahmā.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.