Maṇḍūka untranslated

Maṇḍūka. A Deva. In his previous birth he was a frog on the banks of the Gaggarā, and, hearing the Buddha preach, was attracted by his voice. A cowherd, who stood leaning on a stick, drove it unwittingly into the frog’s head and it died immediately, to be reborn in Tāvatiṁsa in a palace twelve yojanas in extent. Having discovered his previous birth, he appeared before the Buddha, revealed his identity and worshipped him. The Buddha preached to him, and the Deva became a Sotāpanna. Eighty-four thousand others realized the Truth. Vv.v.1; Vv-a.216ff.; Vsm.208f.; Vin-a.i.121; Mil.350.