ud1.7:0.1Heartfelt Sayings 1.7
ud1.7:0.2At Ajakalāpaka
ud1.7:1.1So I have heard.
ud1.7:1.2At one time the Buddha was staying in Pāvā at the Ajakalāpaka Shrine, the haunt of the native spirit Ajakalāpaka.
ud1.7:1.3Now at that time the Buddha was meditating in the open during the dark of night, while a gentle rain drizzled down.
ud1.7:1.4Then Ajakalāpaka, wanting to make the Buddha feel fear, terror, and goosebumps, approached him, and while not far away yelled three times, “Havoc and heck!” Then he added,
ud1.7:1.5“Now that’s a goblin for you, ascetic!”
ud1.7:2.1Then, understanding this matter, on that occasion the Buddha expressed this heartfelt sentiment:
ud1.7:3.1“When a brahmin gets over
ud1.7:3.2their own issues,
ud1.7:3.3they transcend this goblin
ud1.7:3.4and his havoc.”