• Linked Discourses 46.89–98 Saṁyutta Nikāya 46.89–98
  • 10. Diligence 10. Appamādavagga

A Realized One, Etc. Tathāgatādisutta

ā€œMendicants, the Realized One, the perfected one, the fully awakened Buddha, is said to be the best of all sentient beings—be they footless, with two feet, four feet, or many feet ā€¦ā€ ā€œYāvatā, bhikkhave, sattā apadā vā dvipadā vā catuppadā vā bahuppadā vÄā€ti vitthāretabbaṁ.

Appamādavaggo dasamo.

Tassuddānaṁ

Tathāgataṁ padaṁ kūṭaṁ, mūlaṁ sārena vassikaṁ; Rājā candimasūriyā ca, vatthena dasamaṁ padanti.

(Tell in full as in SN 45.139–148.) (Appamādavaggo bojjhaį¹…gasaṁyuttassa bojjhaį¹…gavasena vitthāretabbo.)