- A Saddhamma Study Group translation from the Pāḷi text (coming sooner or later).
40. Udāna 4.10: The Discourse about Sāriputta
1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ— ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Tena kho pana samayena āyasmā sāriputto bhagavato avidūre nisinno hoti pallankaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya attano upasamaṃ paccavekkhamāno.
2 Addasā kho bhagavā āyasmantaṃ sāriputtaṃ avidūre nisinnaṃ pallankaṃ ābhujitvā ujuṃ kāyaṃ paṇidhāya attano upasamaṃ paccavekkhamānaṃ.
3 Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi:
4 "Upasantasantacittassa,
netticchinnassa bhikkhuno;
Vikkhīṇo jātisaṃsāro,
mutto so mārabandhanā"ti.
Dasamaṃ.
Meghiyavaggo catuttho.
5 Meghiyo uddhatā gopālo,
yakkho nāgena pañcamaṃ;
Piṇḍolo sāriputto ca,
sundarī bhavati aṭṭhamaṃ;
Upaseno vangantaputto,
sāriputto ca te dasāti.