1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā rājagahe viharati veḷuvane kalandakanivāpe. Atha kho āyasmato upasenassa vangantaputtassa rahogatassa paṭisallīnassa evaṃ cetaso parivitakko udapādi:  "lābhā vata me, suladdhaṃ vata me, satthā ca me bhagavā arahaṃ sammāsambuddho; svākkhāte camhi dhammavinaye agārasmā anagāriyaṃ pabbajito; sabrahmacārino ca me sīlavanto kalyāṇadhammā; sīlesu camhi paripūrakārī; susamāhito camhi ekaggacitto; arahā camhi khīṇāsavo; mahiddhiko camhi mahānubhāvo. Bhaddakaṃ me jīvitaṃ, bhaddakaṃ maraṇan"ti.

2 Atha kho bhagavā āyasmato upasenassa vangantaputtassa cetasā cetoparivitakkamaññāya tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

3 "Yaṃ jīvitaṃ na tapati,
maraṇante na socati;
Sa ve diṭṭhapado dhīro,
sokamajjhe na socati.

4 Ucchinnabhavataṇhassa,
santacittassa bhikkhuno;
Vikkhīṇo jātisaṃsāro,
natthi tassa punabbhavo"ti.

Navamaṃ.