I was only seven years old and had just gone forth when I overcame the mighty serpent king with my psychic powers.
“Yadā navo pabbajito, jātiyā sattavassiko; Iddhiyā abhibhotvāna, pannagindaṁ mahiddhikaṁ.
I brought water for my mentor from the great lake Anotatta. When he saw me, my teacher declared:
Upajjhāyassa udakaṁ, anotattā mahāsarā; Āharāmi tato disvā, maṁ satthā etadabravi”.
“Sāriputta, see this young boy coming, carrying a water pot, serene inside himself.
“Sāriputta imaṁ passa, āgacchantaṁ kumārakaṁ; Udakakumbhamādāya, ajjhattaṁ susamāhitaṁ.
His conduct inspires confidence, he is of lovely deportment: he is Anuruddha’s novice, self-assured in psychic powers.
Pāsādikena vattena, kalyāṇairiyāpatho; Sāmaṇeronuruddhassa, iddhiyā ca visārado.
Made a thoroughbred by a thoroughbred, made good by the good, educated and trained by Anuruddha, who has completed his task.
Ājānīyena ājañño, sādhunā sādhukārito; Vinīto anuruddhena, katakiccena sikkhito.
Having attained ultimate peace and witnessed the unshakable, that novice Sumana has the wish: ‘May no one find me out!’”
So patvā paramaṁ santiṁ, sacchikatvā akuppataṁ; Sāmaṇero sa sumano, mā maṁ jaññāti icchatī”ti. … Sumano thero ….
