[293] 13. This was said by the Blessed One, said by the Arahant, so I have heard:
"Bhikkhus, the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the Tathāgata is detached from the world. The origin (samudaya) of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the origin of the world has been abandoned by the Tathāgata. The cessation (nirodha) of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the cessation of the world has been realized by the Tathāgata. The way of practice leading to the cessation of the world has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata; the way of practice leading to the cessation of the world has been developed by the Tathāgata.
"Bhikkhus, whatever in the world with its devas, its Māra, its Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, is seen, heard, sensed, cognized, attained, sought after, or ranged over by the mind—since that has been fully awakened to by the Tathāgata, therefore he is called 'the Tathāgata.'
"And bhikkhus, in the interval between the night when the Tathāgata fully awakens to the unsurpassed perfect enlightenment (anuttarā sammāsambodhi) and the night when he attains final Nibbāna in the Nibbāna element without residue remaining (anupādisesā nibbānadhātu), whatever he speaks, utters, and explains—all that is just so and not otherwise; therefore he is called 'the Tathāgata.'
"Bhikkhus, as the Tathāgata speaks, so he acts; as he acts, so he speaks. Thus, since as he speaks so he acts, and as he acts so he speaks, therefore he is called 'the Tathāgata.'
"Bhikkhus, in the world with its devas, its Māra, its Brahmā, in this generation with its ascetics and brahmins, its devas and humans, the Tathāgata is the vanquisher, unvanquished, the universal seer, the wielder of mastery; therefore he is called 'the Tathāgata.'"
This is the meaning of what the Blessed One said. Concerning this, it is said:
Having directly known the whole world—
all in the whole world as it really is—
he is detached from the whole world,
incomparable in the whole world.
The wise one, vanquisher of all,
who has loosed every knot,
by him the supreme peace has been touched—
Nibbāna, holding no fear from any quarter.
This is the Buddha, his taints (āsava) destroyed,
untroubled, with doubt cut off;
he has attained the destruction of all kamma,
liberated in the extinction of acquisitions (upadhi).
This is he, the Blessed One, the Buddha;
this is the lion unsurpassed;
for the world with its devas
he set rolling the Wheel of Brahmā (brahmacakka).
Thus the devas and human beings
who have gone to the Buddha for refuge,
having assembled, pay homage to him,
the great one free from diffidence:
"Tamed, he is the best of those who tame;
at peace, the seer among those who bring peace;
freed, the foremost of those who set free;
crossed over, the most excellent of those who bring across."
Thus indeed they pay homage to him,
the great one free from diffidence:
"In the world with its devas
there is no person who is your counterpart."
This matter too was spoken by the Blessed One; so I have heard. The thirteenth.
The Catukkanipāta (the Section of the Fours) is finished.
Its summary (uddāna):
Brāhmaṇa (the Brahmins), Cattāri (the Four), Jānaṃ (Knowing), Samaṇa and Sīla (the Ascetics and Virtue), Taṇhā (Craving [taṇhā]), Brahmā;
Bahukāra (Very Helpful), Kuhanā (Deceit), Purisa (Persons), Caraṃ (Walking), Sampanna (the Accomplished)—together with Loka (the World), these are thirteen.
In the Itivuttaka: one hundred and twelve suttas.
The Itivuttaka is finished.
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The Ones, with twenty-seven;
the Twos, comprising twenty-two suttas;
then the Threes, an even fifty;
and the Fours, thirteen—
this collection of one hundred and twelve suttas
the Arahants of old, having chanted it in communal recitation,
compiled together that it might long endure;
and they called it by the name "Itivuttaka" ("Thus It Was Said").
The Itivuttaka Pāḷi is finished.
This [colophon] is found in the Burmese book.
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In the Suttanta Piṭaka, of the Khuddaka Nikāya:
THE SUTTANIPĀTA
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Homage to the Blessed One, the Arahant, the Fully Self-Enlightened One.
The First Chapter: The Uragavagga
The First Discourse: The Uraga Sutta
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.