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ud.1.7 Udana

The Discourse about Pāvā

Thus I heard: At one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Pāvā, near the Flock of Goats Shrine, at the domicile of the Flock of Goats yakkha. Then at that time the Gracious One, in the darkness of the night, was sitting in the open air, and the sky-god was raining lightly drop by drop.

Then the Flock of Goats yakkha desiring to give rise to fear, terror, and horror in the Gracious One, went to the Gracious One, and after going, not far away from the Gracious One three times he called out:

“Confusion, great confusion”, and he made a great confusion, “This is a demon for you, ascetic!”

Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:

“He is a brāhmaṇa when he has gone beyond in regard to his own things,
Then has he transcended this demon and the great confusion.”

- Translator: Bhikkhu Ānandajoti

- Editor: Bhikkhu Sujato


At Ajakalāpaka

So I have heard.
At one time the Buddha was staying in Pāvā at the Ajakalāpaka Tree-shrine, the haunt of the native spirit Ajakalāpaka.
Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
Then Ajakalāpaka, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and while not far away yelled three times, “Grr! Arrgh!” Then he added,
“Now that’s a goblin for you, ascetic!”
Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
“When a brahmin has got over
their own issues,
they transcend this goblin
and his grunts.”