0 At Savatthi

1 Thus was heard by me. At one time the Auspicious One was dwelling in Saketa, at the Dark Forest Dear Park. Then when the night had advanced, Kakudha, son of the devas, with unsurpassable beauty, having illuminated the entire Dark Forest, visited with the Auspicious One. Upon arrival, having bowed down to the Auspicious One, he stood to one side. Having stood to one side, Kakudha, son of the devas, said this to the Auspicious One.

2 “Do you rejoice, O samana?”

3 “On gaining what, O friend?”

4 “Well now, O samana, do you sorrow?”

5 “On losing what, O friend?”

6 “Well then, O samana, you neither rejoice nor sorrow.”

7 “That is so, O friend.”

“I hope you are untroubled, O bhikkhu,
I hope no delight is to be found [in you];
I hope that seated alone,
discontent does not submerge you.”

“Indeed untroubled am I, O yakkha,
and delight is not to be found [in me];
and for me seated alone,
discontent does not submerge [me].”

“How are you untroubled, O bhikkhu,
how is delight not to be found [in you];
how is it that seated alone,
discontent does not submerge you.”

“Truly, delight is born for the one who is troubled,
for in whom delight is born, truly there is trouble;
the untroubled bhikkhu who is free from delight,
you should know [me] thus, O friend.”

“Alas, after a long time I see,
the brahmin who is fully quenched;
the untroubled bhikkhu, free from delight,
having crossed over the adhesion in the world.”

0 sāvatthiyaṃ

1 evaṃ me sutaṃ ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sākete viharati añjanavane migadāye. atha kho kakudho devaputto abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkantavaṇṇo kevalakappaṃ añjanavanaṃ obhāsetvā yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami. upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ aṭṭhāsi. ekamantaṃ ṭhito kho kakudho devaputto bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:

2 nandasi samaṇāti?

3 kiṃ laddhā āvusoti?

4 tena hi samaṇa socasīti?

5 kiṃ jīyittha āvusoti?

6 tena hi samaṇa neva nandasi neva socasīti?

7 evamāvusoti.

kacci tvaṃ anagho bhikkhu,
kacci nandi na vijjati;
kacci taṃ ekamāsīnaṃ,
arati nābhikīratīti.

anīgho ve ahaṃ yakkha,
atho nandi na vijjati;
atho maṃ ekamāsīnaṃ,
arati nābhikīratīti.

kathaṃ tvaṃ anagho bhikkhu,
kathaṃ nandi na vijjati;
kathaṃ taṃ ekamāsīnaṃ,
aratī nābhikīratīti.

aghajātassa ve nandi,
nandijātassa ve aghaṃ;
anandi anagho bhikkhu,
evaṃ jānāhi āvusoti.

cirassaṃ vata passāmi,
brāhmaṇaṃ parinibbutaṃ;
anandiṃ anaghaṃ bhikkhuṃ,
tiṇṇaṃ loke visattikanti.