Ud 4:5 The Bull Elephant (Nāga Sutta)

Ud 4:5 The Bull Elephant (Nāga Sutta) - translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu

This

harmonizes

mind      with mind–

the great one’s      with the great one’s2–

the elephant with tusks like chariot poles:

that each finds joy,

alone,

in the forest.

Notes

1. Mv.X.4.6-7 places the story of the elephant’s service to the Buddha in the context of the quarrel at Kosambī, but the details of how the Buddha left Kosambī given in Mv.X.3 are different.

2. Great one = nāga. This term can mean magical serpent or large elephant, and is often used as an epithet for an arahant.

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