Mahaparinibbanasuttam (DN 16) - Ancient Buddhist Texts

The Fifth Chapter for Recitation - 190
‘Sabbeheva piyehi manāpehi nānābhāvo vinābhāvo aññathābhāvo’?
‘There is alteration in, separation from, and changeability in all that is dear and
appealing.’
Taṁ kutettha labbhā Ānanda yaṁ taṁ,
How can it be otherwise, Ānanda, for that which is obtained,
jātaṁ bhūtaṁ saṅkhataṁ palokadhammaṁ?
born, become, conditioned, subject to dissolution?
‘Taṁ vata Tathāgatassā pi sarīraṁ mā palujjī’ ti netaṁ ṭhānaṁ vijjati.
It is not possible (to say) this: ‘The Realised One’s body should not dissolve’.
Dīgharattaṁ kho te Ānanda Tathāgato paccupaṭṭhito
For a long time, Ānanda, you dwelt near to the Realised One
mettena kāyakammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena,
with beneficial, pleasant, trustworthy, 222 and limitlessly friendly bodily actions,
mettena vacīkammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena,
with beneficial, pleasant, trustworthy, and limitlessly friendly speech actions,
mettena manokammena hitena sukhena advayena appamāṇena,
with beneficial, pleasant, trustworthy, and limitlessly friendly mental actions,
katapuññosi tvaṁ Ānanda padhānam-anuyuñja khippaṁ hohisi anāsavo!” ti
you have done meritorious deeds, Ānanda, you should devote yourself to quickly
striving to be one who is pollutant-free!”
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Atha kho Bhagavā bhikkhū āmantesi:
Then the Gracious One addressed the monks, (saying):
“Ye pi te bhikkhave ahesuṁ atītam-addhānaṁ Arahanto Sammāsambuddhā
“Whoever were Worthy Ones, Perfect Sambuddhas in the past, monks,
tesam-pi Bhagavantānaṁ etaparamā yeva upaṭṭhākā ahesuṁ
for those Gracious Ones also there were such superior attendants,
seyyathā pi mayhaṁ Ānando;
just as Ānanda is for me;
222 One of the meanings of dvaya is duplicitous; therefore a-dvaya means trustworthy.