Mucalindasuttaṃ [Ud 2.1, PTS 10]

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The Discourse on Mucalinda

11. Thus have I heard - On one occasion the Blessed One was dwelling at Uruvelā on the bank of the river Nerañjarā at the foot of the Mucalinda tree, newly fully enlightened. Now at that time the Blessed One was seated for seven days in a single cross-legged posture experiencing the bliss of liberation.

Now at that time a great unseasonable storm cloud arose, a week of heaping rain clouds, cold wind and overcast days. Then Mucalinda the king of serpents, having come out from his own dwelling, encircled the Blessed One's body seven times with his coils, and having spread his great hood over the top of his head, stood - "May cold not afflict the Blessed One, may heat not afflict the Blessed One, may the contact of gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, sun, and creeping creatures not afflict the Blessed One."

Then the Blessed One, after the elapse of that week, emerged from that concentration. Then Mucalinda the king of serpents, having known the sky to be clear and free from clouds, having unwound his coils from the Blessed One's body, having withdrawn his own form, having created the form of a young man, stood before the Blessed One with joined palms paying homage to the Blessed One.

Then the Blessed One, having understood this matter, at that time uttered this inspired utterance -