At Isigili
So I have heard. [1]
At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha, on the Isigili Mountain. [2]
There the Buddha addressed the mendicants,
“Mendicants!”
“Venerable sir,” they replied.
The Buddha said this:
“Mendicants, do you see that Mount Vebhāra?”
“Yes, sir.”
“It used to have a different label and description.
Do you see that Mount Paṇḍava?”
“Yes, sir.”
“It too used to have a different label and description.
Do you see that Mount Vepulla?”
“Yes, sir.”
“It too used to have a different label and description. [3]
Do you see that Mount Vulture’s Peak?”
“Yes, sir.”
“It too used to have a different label and description.
Do you see that Mount Isigili?” [4]
“Yes, sir.”
“It used to have exactly the same label and description.
Once upon a time, five hundred Independent Buddhas dwelt for a long time on this Isigili. [5]
They were seen entering the mountain, but after entering were seen no more.
When people noticed this they said:
‘That mountain swallows these seers!’
That’s how it came to be known as Isigili, the “seer-swallower”. [6]
I shall declare the names of the Independent Buddhas; [7]
I shall extol the names of the Independent Buddhas;
I shall teach the names of the Independent Buddhas.
Listen and apply your mind well, I will speak.” [8]
“Yes, sir,” they replied.
The Buddha said this:
“The independent Buddhas who dwelt for a long time on this Isigili were named Ariṭṭha, [9]
Upariṭṭha, [10]
Tagarasikhī, [11]
Yasassin, [12]
Sudassana, [13]
Piyadassin, [14]
Gandhāra, [15]
Piṇḍola, [16]
Upāsabha, [17]
Nīta,
Tatha,
Sutavā,
and Bhāvitatta.
Those saintly beings, untroubled, <j>with no need for hope, [18]
who each achieved awakening independently;
hear me extol their names,
the supreme men, free of thorns.
Ariṭṭha, Upariṭṭha, Tagarasikhī, Yasassin,
Sudassana, and Piyadassin the awakened;
Gandhāra, Piṇḍola, and Upāsabha,
Nīta, Tatha, Sutavā, and Bhāvitatta. [19]
Sumbha, Subha, Methula, and Aṭṭhama, [20]
then Assumegha, Anīgha, and Sudāṭha, [21]
Independent Buddhas, enders of the leash to existence;
and Hiṅgū and Hiṅga the mighty. [22]
Two sages named Jāli, and Aṭṭhaka; [23]
then the awakened one Kosala, then Subāhu; [24]
Upanemi, Nemi, and Santacitta, [25]
right and true, stainless and astute. [26]
Kāḷa and Upakāḷa, Vijita and Jita, [27]
Aṅga and Paṅga, and Guttijita too; [28]
Passin gave up attachment, suffering’s root, [29]
while Aparājita defeated Māra’s power. [30]
Satthar, Pavattar, Sarabhaṅga, Lomahaṁsa, [31]
Uccaṅgamāya, Asita, Anāsava, [32]
Manomaya, and Bandhumā the cutter of conceit,
then Adhimutta, and Ketumā the immaculate. [33]
Ketumbharāga, Mātaṅga, and Ariya, [34]
then Accuta, Accutagāma, and Byāmaka, [35]
Sumaṅgala, Dabbila, Supatiṭṭhita, [36]
Asayha, Khemābhirata, and Sorata. [37]
Durannaya, Saṅgha, and also Ujjaya, [38]
another sage, Sayha of peerless effort. [39]
There are twelve Ānandas, Nandas, and Upanandas, [40]
and Bhāradvāja, bearing his final body. [41]
Bodhi, Mahānāma, and also Uttara, [42]
Kesī, Sikhī, Sundara, and Bhāradvāja, [43]
Tissa and Upatissa, <j>who’ve both cut the bonds to rebirth, [44]
Upasīdarī and Sīdarī, who’ve both cut off craving. [45]
Maṅgala was awakened, free of greed, [46]
Usabha cut the net, the root of suffering, [47]
Upanīta who attained the state of peace, [48]
Uposatha, Sundara, and Saccanāma. [49]
Jeta, Jayanta, Paduma, and Uppala; [50]
Padumuttara, Rakkhita, and Pabbata, [51]
Mānatthaddha, beautiful and free of greed, [52]
and the Buddha Kaṇha, his mind well freed. [53]
These and other mighty ones <j>awakened independently, [54]
enders of the leash to existence—
honor these great seers <j>who have slipped all chains,
fully quenched, limitless.”
