[5] Then the Blessed One, at the end of seven days, having emerged from that concentration (samādhi), went from the foot of the Ajapāla banyan tree to the Mucalinda tree; and having approached, he sat at the foot of the Mucalinda tree in a single cross-legged posture for seven days, experiencing the bliss of liberation (vimuttisukha).
Now at that time a great unseasonal storm cloud arose: seven days of continuous rain, with cold winds and gloomy weather. Then Mucalinda the nāga king, having come forth from his own abode, encircled the body of the Blessed One seven times with his coils and stood with his great hood spread above the Blessed One's head, thinking: "Let no cold afflict the Blessed One, let no heat afflict the Blessed One, let no touch of gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, or creeping creatures afflict the Blessed One."
Then Mucalinda the nāga king, at the end of seven days, knowing the sky to be clear and free of clouds, unwound his coils from the body of the Blessed One, withdrew his own form, created the form of a young brahmin, and stood before the Blessed One with joined palms raised, paying homage to the Blessed One.
Then the Blessed One, understanding this matter, on that occasion uttered this inspired utterance (udāna):
Blissful is seclusion for one who is content,
who has learned the Dhamma, who sees;
blissful is non-affliction in the world—
restraint toward living beings;
blissful is dispassion in the world—
the transcending of sensual pleasures;
the removal of the conceit "I am"—
that indeed is the supreme bliss.
The Account of Mucalinda is concluded.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.