1 At one time the Auspicious One was dwelling in Rajagaha at the Bamboo Grove, the Squirrel's feeding place. The brahmin Akkosaka Bharadvaja heard that apparently, a brahmin of the Bharadvaja clan has gone forth from the home life into homelessness in the presence of the samana Gotama. Angry and displeased, he approached the Auspicious One. Having approached, he insulted and abused the Auspicious One with vulgar and harsh speech.

2 When thus was said, the Auspicious One said this to the brahmin Akkosaka Bharadvaja: “So what do you think, O Brahmin? Do friends, colleagues, blood relations and guests visit [you]?”

3 “Sometimes, O Master Gotama, friends, colleagues, blood relations and guests visit [me].”

4 “So what do you think, O Brahmin? Do you offer them some hard foods, soft foods and sweets?

5 “Sometimes, O Master Gotama, I offer them some hard foods, soft foods and sweets.”

6 “But what if, O Brahmin, they do not accept that?”

7 “If, O Master Gotama, they do not accept, that is still ours.”

8 “So too, O Brahmin, you abuse and provoke us who do not abuse and provoke, you quarrel with us who do not quarrel. We do not accept that. They are still yours, O Brahmin.” “He who abuses in return when abused, who provokes in return when provoked, who quarrels in return when quarreled with, responding in kind, is said to partake of the meal, O Brahmin. We neither respond in kind to them, nor partake of the meal. They are still yours, O Brahmin, they are still yours, O Brahmin.”

9 “Master Gotama, the king, together with his assembly know thus: “The samana Gotama is an arahant.” However, the venerable Gotama gets angry.”

“From where can anger [arise] for the one devoid of anger,
for the tamed one, faring evenly;
for the one liberated through right final knowledge,
for the such-like one attained to peace.

He who counters with anger when angered,
just makes things worse for himself;
the one who does not counter with anger when angered,
he conquers a battle that is hard to conquer.

He acts for the benefit of both,
of himself and of the other;
he who [remains] mindful, calm,
having known the other is enraged.

The healing of both,
of himself and of the other;
the people conceiving him as a fool,
are those who are not experts of the dhamma.”

10 When thus was said, Akkosaka Bharadvaja, said this to the Auspicious One: “Excellent, O master Gotama! Excellent, O master Gotama! Just as, O master Gotama, one might set upright what has been overturned, or open up what has been closed, or show a path to one who is lost, or bear an oil lamp in the darkness so that those with good eyesight can see forms, just so has the Dhamma been explained by the venerable Gotama in countless ways. I go, to the Auspicious Gotama, as refuge, and to the Dhamma, and to the Bhikkhu Sangha. May I gain the going forth in master Gotama's presence, may I obtain the higher ordination.”

11 Indeed Akkosaka Bharadvaja, gained the going-forth in the Auspicious One's presence, gained the higher ordination. Not long after his higher ordination, the venerable Akkosaka Bharadvaja, dwelling alone, withdrawn, vigilant, ardent, resolute, not long entered upon and dwelled in that unsurpassed consummation of the life of purity for the sake of which sons of clansmen justly and rightly go forth from the household life into homelessness, having realized it with his own supreme knowledge in just this very life. He understood: “Destroyed is birth, lived is the life of purity, done is what had to be done, there is nothing else for thusness.” And the venerable Akkosaka Bharadvaja became one of the arahants.

1 ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. assosi kho akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhāradvājagotto kira brāhmaṇo samaṇassa gotamassa santike āgārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajitoti. kupito anattamano yena bhagavā tenupasaṅkami, upasaṅkamitvā bhagavantaṃ asabbhāhi pharusāhi vācāhi akkosati paribhāsati.

2 evaṃ vutte bhagavā akkosakabhāradvājaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ etadavoca: taṃ kiṃ maññasi brāhmaṇa, api nu te āgacchanti mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā atithayoti.

3 appekadā me bho gotama āgacchanti mittāmaccā ñātisālohitā atithayoti.

4 taṃ kiṃ maññasi brāhmaṇa, api nu tesaṃ anuppadesi khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā sāyanīyaṃ vāti?

5 appekadā nesāhaṃ bho gotama anuppademi khādanīyaṃ vā bhojanīyaṃ vā sāyanīyaṃ vāti.

6 sace kho pana te brāhmaṇa nappaṭigaṇhanti kassa taṃ hotīti.

7 sace te bho gotama nappaṭigaṇhanti amhākameva taṃ hotīti.

8 evameva kho brāhmaṇa yaṃ tvaṃ amhe anakkosante akkosasi, arosente rosesi, abhaṇḍante bhaṇḍasi, taṃ te mayaṃ nappaṭiggaṇhāma. tavevetaṃ brāhmaṇa hotīti. yo kho brāhmaṇa akkosantaṃ paccakkosati, rosentaṃ paṭiroseti, bhaṇḍantaṃ paṭibhaṇḍati, ayaṃ vuccati brāhmaṇa sambhuñjati vītiharati. te mayaṃ tayā neva sambhuñjāma na vītiharāma. tavevetaṃ brāhmaṇa hoti, tavevetaṃ brāhmaṇa hotīti.

9 bhavantaṃ kho gotama sarājikā parisā evaṃ jānāti: arahaṃ samaṇo gotamoti. atha ca pana bhavaṃ gotamo kujjhatīti.

akkodhassa kuto kodho,
dantassa samajīvino;
sammadaññā vimuttassa,
upasantassa tādino.

tasseva tena pāpiyo,
yo kuddhaṃ paṭikujjhati;
kuddhaṃ appaṭikujjhanto,
saṅgāmaṃ jeti dujjayaṃ.

ubhinnamatthaṃ carati,
attano ca parassa ca;
paraṃ saṅkupitaṃ ñatvā,
yo sato upasammati.

ubhinnaṃ tikicchantaṃ,
attano ca parassa ca;
janā maññanti bāloti,
ye dhammassa akovidāti.

10 evaṃ vutte akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavantaṃ etadavoca: abhikkantaṃ bho gotama, abhikkantaṃ bho gotama. seyyathāpi bho gotama nikkujjitaṃ vā ukkujjeyya paṭicchannaṃ vā vivareyya mūḷhassa vā maggaṃ ācikkheyya, andhakāre vā telapajjotaṃ dhāreyya cakkhumanto rūpāni dakkhintīti. evamevaṃ bhotā gotamena anekapariyāyena dhammo pakāsito. esāhaṃ bhagavantaṃ gotamaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi dhammañca bhikkhusaṅghañca. labheyyāhaṃ bhoto gotamassa santike pabbajjaṃ, labheyyaṃ upasampadanti.

11 alattha kho akkosakabhāradvājo brāhmaṇo bhagavato santike pabbajjaṃ alattha upasampadaṃ, acirūpasampanno kho panāyasmā akkosakabhāradvājo eko vūpakaṭṭho appamatto ātāpi pahitatto viharanto na cirasseva yassatthāya kulaputtā sammadeva agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajanti, tadanuttaraṃ brahmacariyapariyosānaṃ diṭṭheva dhamme sayaṃ abhiññā sacchikatvā upasampajja vihāsi. khīṇā jāti, vusitaṃ brahmacariyaṃ, kataṃ karaṇīyaṃ, nāparaṃ itthattāyāti abbhaññāsi. aññataro ca panāyasmā bhāradvājo arahataṃ ahosīti.