ud4.9:1.1 So I have heard.
ud4.9:1.2 At one time the Buddha was staying near Rājagaha in the Bamboo Grove, the squirrels’ feeding ground.
ud4.9:1.3 Then as Venerable Upasena son of Vaṅgantā was in private retreat this thought came to his mind:
ud4.9:1.4 “I’m so fortunate, so very fortunate!
ud4.9:1.5 My Teacher is the Blessed One, perfected, a fully awakened Buddha.
ud4.9:1.6 Well explained is the teaching and training in which I have gone forth from the lay life to homelessness.
ud4.9:1.7 My spiritual companions are ethical and of good character.
ud4.9:1.8 I have fulfilled the precepts.
ud4.9:1.9 My mind is unified and serene.
ud4.9:1.10 I am a perfected one who has ended the defilements.
ud4.9:1.11 I am of great might and power.
ud4.9:1.12 My life has been good, and my death will be good.”