7.
The Discourse on Ajakalāpaka
7.
Thus have I heard -
On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Pāvā in the Ajakalāpaka shrine, in the abode of the demon Ajakalāpaka.
Now at that time the Blessed One was seated in the open air in the darkness of the night;
and the rain god was sprinkling drop by drop.
Then the demon Ajakalāpaka, wishing to arouse fear, trepidation, and terror in the Blessed One, approached the Blessed One;
having approached, not far from the Blessed One, he made a frightening sound three times "akkula pakkula" -
"This is a goblin for you, ascetic."
Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance -
"When in his own qualities, the brahmin has gone beyond;
Then he overcomes both this goblin and the frightening sound." The seventh.