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42. Udāna 5.2: The Discourse about the One Short-Lived

1 Evaṃ me sutaṃ—​   ekaṃ samayaṃ bhagavā sāvatthiyaṃ viharati jetavane anāthapiṇḍikassa ārāme. Atha kho āyasmā ānando sāyanhasamayaṃ paṭisallānā vuṭṭhito yena bhagavā tenupasankami; upasankamitvā bhagavantaṃ abhivādetvā ekamantaṃ nisīdi. Ekamantaṃ nisinno kho āyasmā ānando bhagavantaṃ etadavoca:  "acchariyaṃ, bhante, abbhutaṃ, bhante. Yāva appāyukā hi, bhante, bhagavato mātā ahosi, sattāhajāte bhagavati bhagavato mātā kālamakāsi, tusitaṃ kāyaṃ upapajjī"ti.

2 "Evametaṃ, ānanda, appāyukā hi, ānanda, bodhisattamātaro honti. Sattāhajātesu bodhisattesu bodhisattamātaro kālaṃ karonti, tusitaṃ kāyaṃ upapajjantī"ti.

3 Atha kho bhagavā etamatthaṃ viditvā tāyaṃ velāyaṃ imaṃ udānaṃ udānesi: 

4 "Ye keci bhūtā bhavissanti ye vāpi,
Sabbe gamissanti pahāya dehaṃ;
Taṃ sabbajāniṃ kusalo viditvā,
Ātāpiyo brahmacariyaṃ careyyā"ti.

Dutiyaṃ.