Uddāna

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Vimānavatthu · Petavatthu · Theragāthā · Therīgāthā · Vol. 26 · Section 51

[51] 1. "Who is this that venerates my feet, blazing with success (iddhi) and glory, illuminating all the quarters with surpassing beauty?" "Formerly I was a frog in the water, ranging in the waters (vārigocara); while I was listening to your Dhamma, a cowherd killed me. Behold the success and the glory of one whose mind (citta) had confidence (pasāda) but for a moment; behold too my might (ānubhāva); behold my beauty and my radiance. And those, O Gotama, who for a long time have heard your Dhamma — they have attained the unshakable state (acalaṭṭhāna), where, having gone, they sorrow not." The Mansion of the Frog Deity (Maṇḍukadevaputta-vimāna), the first.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.