The Story about the Mucalinda
Then with the passing of seven days, the Gracious One, 02 after arising from that concentrationd the Mucalinda (tree) from the root of the Goatherd's Banyan (tree), and after approaching the root of the Mucalinda (tree) 03 he sat in one cross-legged posture for seven days experiencing the happiness of liberation. 04
Then at that time a great cloud arose out of season, (bringing) seven days of rainy weather, cold winds, and overcast days. Then the Dragon-King Mucalinda, 05 after leaving his domicile, and surrounding the Gracious One's body seven times with his coils, stood having placed his great hood above his head, (thinking):
“May the Gracious One not be cold, may the Gracious One not be hot, may the Gracious One not be affected by gadflies, mosquitoes, wind, the heat (of the sun), and serpents.”
Then the Dragon-King Mucalinda, with the passing of those seven days, 06 having understood that the sky was now clear, without a cloud, after unravelling his coils from the Gracious One's body, withdrawing his own form, and creating the appearance of a young brāhmaṇa, stood in front of the Gracious One, revering the Gracious One with raised hands.
Then the Gracious One, having understood the significance of it, on that occasion uttered this exalted utterance:
“There is happiness and detachment for the one who is satisfied, who has heard the Dhamma, and who sees,
There is happiness for him who is free from ill-will in the world, who is restrained towards breathing beings.
The state of dispassion in the world is happiness, the complete transcending of sense desires,
(But) for he who has removed the conceit ‘I am’ 10 - this is indeed the highest happiness
